I got an email the other day with this written at the bottom:
"Please don’t take offence if I don’t reply to say ‘thank you’. If every UK adult sent one less courtesy email a day, we’d save over 16,400 tons of carbon a year – so, think before you thank."
I was uneasy at this as I habitually say "Thanks", perhaps seeing email exchanges as conversations.
I've no idea whether the 16,400 "tons" – maybe that should be "tonnes" (or maybe not if it's American in origin) – is accurate, and I guess I ought to check it. And I'm not sure who the "we" is. Is that the world? Maybe. And what about non-adults? What indeed.
Thanks for reading this. There is no need to respond as I'll not take offence.
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