Fynn Ellie Becker in Elk: "Yeah… delete your old emails to s..."

Yeah… delete your old emails to save water while the OpenAIs of the world consume gazillions of liters in their quest to commit copyright fraud on an industrial level.

Once again “saving the climate” is pushed onto the mostly powerless individual giving corporations a blank check to strip-mine earth’s resources.

https://www.404media.co/uk-asks-people-to-delete-emails-in-order-to-save-water-during-drought/

August 13, 2025 at 7:35:41 AM

that doesn't even make sense, right? Old emails are sitting quietly on .. probably still magnetic media.

The act of deleting them is what would put stress on data centers and use water.

Meanwhile, my employer is using AI to generate posters asking us to reduce the number of disposable cups we use.