Comments on: "Please consider the environment before printing this email"

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:51:54 +0000

Dan– you are an asshole. People like you should be shot! You are a waste of space and resources.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:48:25 +0000

I’ll consider my eyes before thinking of not printing any e-mail

By: Julian B

Julian B — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:53:17 +0000

Funnier still out of the 12,816 pages mentioned in the above article, if the line “Please consider the environment before printing this email” was removed then that would technically save around 257 pages!

By: printercartridge

printercartridge — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:37:39 +0000

Another post on this http://fwd4.me/3fY

By: marius

marius — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:37:29 +0000

Bryn I think that your approach is wrong.

The ground where the trees live is ultimately going to be depleted of resources. Printing less requires less cutting of trees, thus less land is depleted of resources and it is available for farms, meaning that other forests do not need to be cut elsewhere for agriculture. The demand for farmland is ever higher these days, with the very harmful idea of using plants for biofuels, which is wasting the land.

Also to consider: the paper never returns to the ground and unfortunately most of it is NOT recycled but ends up in archives or goes together with the domestic garbage, where it emits carbon dioxide an methane through decomposition. Also consider the electricity and chemicals used to produce the paper from wood, plus the fuel needed to transport the paper to the customers plus the toner and ink and electric energy needed to print that paper.

I agree however that the forests are the most valuable asset of our world, because of photosynthesis plus:
- the trees reflect back to space the infrared light (which is carrying most of the heat we receive from the Sun) – have you noticed how cool and fresh is the air in the forest?, which help cooling our overheated planet
- the trees regulate the moisture in the air through evaporation and also help redistributing the water in the atmosphere through formation of clouds, which means more rain for agriculture
- they roots work against erosion and help the soil to absorb water (without them the water from rain will form torrents and will go straight into the rivers, producing overflows).
- the forests are home for biodiversity

Moreover I am convinced that the most important step the humanity needs to take in order to save and sustain the life on this planet is stopping and reversing the massive deforestation.

Hope that you or others read this late reply and agree.

By: Green printing

Green printing — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:55:19 +0000

There’s information about adding an email signature and a how-to guide at thinkbeforeprinting.org

By: Bryn Oakley

Bryn Oakley — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:03:41 +0000

I am very surprised at the majority of ill-informed comments on this subject!Richards comment in November is spot on! Well done Richard.
The save a tree malarky from the 1970’s carried through by some people today who actually seem to believe that by not printing emails is somehow going to help save the planet is barmy! The facts are just the opposite as Richrd points out!!
Ever heard of photosynthesis you lot? Trees take in harmful carbon dioxide (you know that stuff that we breathe out, and fossil fuels give off when it burns and the stuff that helps to make holes in the ozone layer above us) and give out life-saving oxygen as a thank you! What does this planet need? Less carbon dioxide and more oxygen! It follows then, that trees actually will help us to look after our planet.
Now the research bit that no-one (apart from good old
Richard) seems to have done. Do you know that almost all paper comes from trees that are farmed and harvested? In other words a sustainable source, especially FSC grades, which most paper is these days, (plain white photocopier generally is). In other words they are grown specifically to make paper. With all this ‘don’t print this email, think of the environment’ claptrap it is likely that the people who follow this idea will actually make a difference to the number of trees planted. If less paper is used in the world, and because trees are harvested, less new trees will be planted, as it is a supply and demand thing. Therefore in over just a few years, there will be substantially less trees growing, so less of the harmful carbon dioxide will be absorbed by photosynthesis, meaning the possibility of bigger holes in the ozone layer and less life-giving oxygen available for us all. Lets change the message to:
‘If you need to, print this email and help save the planet!’ Those who earlier suggested writing down main points in emails to save printing themare still using paper aren’t they? Duh!

By: gokce

gokce — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:49:58 +0000

I find it a little stupid when people say that because of the message, there is extra page printed. Maybe 1 more message is also required.

Select the text you need to print and then choose ‘Selection’ option in printer options and then hit print!

Simple enough I think …

By: Craig Bradley

Craig Bradley — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:28:44 +0000

Anyone know if there is any software, patch or Outlook attachment that would record everytime an e-mail is printed?

We installed Faxpress which is a fax to e-mail router, but judging by our print counts (on the printers cum fax machines) we are still printing approx’ the same amount of A4 sheets per month.

Thanks

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