The arrival of the electro-digital
office coincided with a passing fad for environmentalism, leading to this
well-meaning advertisement from the NOI.
The scientific adviser for the campaign
was TV phlebotomist Roy Cheddar, who had become the public face of global
warning after fronting the “shock-umentary” series Kettlesphere: Earth.
Cheddar claimed at the time that every one of these posters would save “enough trees to stretch a double decker elephant to the size of Wales and back”. By 2011, he had became a high-profile outspokesman for climate change denial, insisting his advocacy of environmental causes was merely youthful naivety. “I was green,” he told Kermit The Frog on Muppet Island Discs.
The TraxData blank CD in the photo is interesting... as far as I can recall, TraxData discs only came onto the market in 2001, so presumably, their pre-sales testing was very thorough to ensure that data was successfully retained for up to 6 years.
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