You gotta love the hypocritical companies that push electronic billing down your throat by promoting how “green” they are.  Some are starting to make it mandatory!  In reality, it translates into more money in their coffers and and less service for you.  The credit card companies are the worst.  For every tree they supposedly save by not sending me a paper copy of my bill, they cut down a forest sending out promotional mailings to get people to sign up for a card.  And if I just happen to forget to pay my bill because I don’t have a copy of it sitting in front of me?  Oh darn, more money for them when they charge me a late fee and jack up my rate.  There are plenty of things they could really do rather than foist this charade on their customers.  (For an interesting environmental take, see the Myth Calculator in the environmentalist section of Paul Lavelle’s website.)