{"id":13227,"date":"2012-05-10T22:22:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T02:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-12-10T12:43:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T17:43:23","slug":"what-happened-to-the-paperless-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/what-happened-to-the-paperless-society\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened to the Paperless Office?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"What<\/a>The Economist<\/a><\/em> wonders<\/a> whatever happened to the \u201cpaperless office<\/strong>\u201d? Thirty years ago computers were hailed as the beginning of the paperless office era. In 1980 The Economist<\/em> recommended that firms trying to improve productivity<\/strong>\u00a0\u201creduce the flow of paper, ultimately aiming to abolish it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately not many people listened to The Economist<\/em>. Since they extolled the virtue of a paperless office, global paper consumption has increased by half<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Paper<\/a><\/p>\n

The average American uses almost six 40-foot trees a year<\/strong> in paper. Gizmodo<\/em><\/a> says<\/a> don’t feel too bad. The EU bureaucracy<\/a> in Brussels<\/a> pushed the Belgian<\/a> paper consumption to a whopping 8.5 trees per person. The equivalent to four Rockefeller Center Christmas trees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paperless office research says<\/h3>\n

The trend will not change. A report<\/a> from ITnewsLink<\/em><\/a> reports that more than half of Americans think the U.S. will never go paperless. Pollster Poll Position<\/a> conducted a national survey to see if Americans think the U.S. could ever be a paperless society.<\/p>\n

\"Poll<\/a>Poll Position’s research found that 56% of Americans said they don\u2019t think the U.S. would ever be a paperless society. Only 20% said yes, one day we\u2019ll all go paperless. 24% of Americans were undecided or had no opinion on the question.<\/p>\n

Other Poll Position finding<\/p>\n