“And what storage format has zero energy consumption, a tiny carbon footprint, can sit for long periods of time without degrading and offers the easiest data destruction?”
Mrs. Rat rolled her eyes. “Paper.”
“Yes. The future of data storage is paper,” the Rat said, grinning as an entrepreneurial idea came to him. “And, of course, no one has the capacity to store all that paper because we got rid of all the filing cabinets.”
Carbon footprint of paper
Information here:
http://www.paperserve.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=2
Interesting factoid from site: 34% of documents printed are used for less than 5 minutes, while 22% are never used.