While many from the cycling world went to Glasgow for COP 26, not many did so with a journalist's pass. Luckily for us,Carlton Reid was one of the few who did. We managed to chat to him as soon as he returned and got right into why seemingly green activities like cycling were sidelined by the conference.Here is Carlton’s dispatch from the conference https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2021/11/10/electric-cars-wont-save-the-planet-say-transport-experts-at-cop26/?sh=4993d7579782 And his article about Biden’s creepy transponders https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2021/11/06/bidens-12-trillion-infrastructure-bill-hastens-beacon-wearing-for-bicyclists-and-pedestrians-to-enable-detection-by-connected-cars/?sh=5a9aafe35a3dIf all this is too depressing, here is Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel of what could be possible, The Ministry for the Future https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50998056-the-ministry-for-the-futureAs discussed in the pod and featured in KSR’s book, The 2000 Watt Society https://www.2000watt.swiss/english.html

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