Mr Crips Planet Saving Tip of the Day
Businesses, you would think they would have an ounce of common sense and some sensitivity when it comes to the environment, but this will never be the case while the corporate giant scum still insist on using the worldwide tree killer, aka the fax machine. If we can move away from the type writer, surely we can do the same with the fax machine?
Then again, why should we have a choice - are fax machines really still being put into production? The evil planet killers should be removed altogether, and a global ban implemented on further use!
If you still use one, you are an idiot. Have you not heard of fax to email services, whereby any fax is automatically converted electronically and forwarded to your email inbox? Give me one good reason why this method isn’t sufficient for business needs, unless of course your business is technically inept in which case you may as well pack up now as you’re never going to succeed.
So you know what to do now, save a tree and convert your faxes to emails, then you can sit at your desk, smug in the knowledge that that tree outside your window is still standing there because you got rid of that ugly piece of kit that sits on the table next to the water cooler (you can even venture out and give it a little hug if you feel the need), if you don’t you are only contributing to global deforestation.
Deforestation is a major issue facing the planet at the moment, and the scale of the issue is shaping both climate and geography. It has led to what is known as the holocene extinction event, effectively the mass extinction of species within the rainforests.
Deforestation also means water is not intercepted and retained, increasing the chance of flash flooding, something we in the UK are subject to more and more.
So, are all of these issues worth the invoice that comes spewing out of the fax machine at 9.15 on a Monday morning? Particularly when you can receive the same said fax message in your email inbox, whilst sitting on your fat arse drinking coffee and eating cake! We all know the answer to that is a resounding no. So those of you sitting in offices now with a fax machine in your arsenal, you are killing the planet.
Stop flooding, stop deforestation, bin the fax machine and save our lovely planet, if only to keep Auntie Ethel’s living room dry so she can watch Loose Women in the afternoon. Tell you what, I will even do the leg work for you, Callagenix are just one of many companies who are offering fax to email services.
Cheers PuppyDeath!
#1. January 17th, 2008, at 10:22 PM.
Now, THIS rant… I agree with. However since going paperless, my office receives and sends more paper than it did before. The NHS trust can’t seem to get it’s head round simply sending discharge summaries by email, but things are getting better. Pathology results from bloods etc are sent electronically and are automatically tallied with patients notes, so a receptionist doesn’t need to sift through 1000 bits of paper and put them in to Lloyd George envelopes, what really gets to me is why outpatient letters (summaries from consultants) can’t be sent in the same way. Avoiding the delay in waiting for the med sec to type & print it, print the envelope (more paper) stamp confidential all over it then finally frank it; and wait for someone to come and collect it in a cloud of carbon dioxide, spewing from the exhaust