Spam A Global Warming Issue

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

According to security technology company McAfee, the amount of energy used to produce, send, and filter spam each year creates as much greenhouse gas as 3.1 million cars. What do you think?

Amy Oliver,
Data Base Administrator
"It's a small price to pay. I like that someone, somewhere, is interested in me."

Bob Dolak,
Systems Analyst
“That's terrible. I’m going to unsubscribe from spam immediately."

Travis Laskaris,
Activities Director
"I guess now would be a bad time to admit that I check my e-mail while doing doughnuts in a Hummer."

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