Your Emails Are Polluting The Earth, Ctd

A reader writes:

While I understand Ms. Butler's point about the environmental impacts of e-mail traffic (as an energy consultant, energy use of data centers is something I think about more than most I would guess), I think she misses a few key points in her article. 

The first would be the fact that memory space is highly reusable.  If I get an email with four photos attached, and keep it in my inbox for the rest of all time, then yes, there is a real increase in the demand for storage and...