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How Your Netflix And Email Hoarding Are Fueling Environmental Damage

As someone who is guilty of hoarding e-mails (and streaming Television Shows!), this article was very interesting to me. The article discusses how digital habits, such as streaming on Netflix and hoarding emails, contribute to environmental damage. Data centers that store and process this digital information consume significant energy, leading to increased carbon emissions. Reducing digital clutter and being mindful of streaming habits can help mitigate this environmental impact. 

If the Internet were a country, its carbon footprint would rank third after the United States and China.

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