http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Making a case for cycling is almost irrelevant en Sun, 31 May 2026 14:46:12 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18777#post-281399 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 07:27:12 +0000 gembo 281399@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>See also aldous Huxley.</p> <p>Nice piece by Mike Small. Just missing from the manifesto - you will write excellent satirical pieces for a magazine that has a low circulation and a little higher readership. But this won't make you feel any better. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18777#post-281396 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 23:55:15 +0000 LaidBack 281396@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One way of looking at the 'story so far'.</p> <p><a href="https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/04/28/guidelines-for-life-under-late-capitalism/" rel="nofollow">https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/04/28/guidelines-for-life-under-late-capitalism/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18777#post-281287 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 22:33:20 +0000 I were right about that saddle 281287@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>See also;</p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Survival-Governance-Biosphere-Crisis/dp/0953299090/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Survival-Governance-Biosphere-Crisis/dp/0953299090/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18777#post-281282 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 21:16:12 +0000 Stickman 281282@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is an interesting read:<br /> <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joerg_Tremmel2/publication/320583676_The_Anthropocene_concept_as_a_wake-up_call_for_reforming_democracy/links/59eed9100f7e9b369575bdeb/The-Anthropocene-concept-as-a-wake-up-call-for-reforming-democracy.pdf?origin=publication_detail">The Anthropocene concept as wake-up call for reforming democracy</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18777#post-281173 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:24:20 +0000 chdot 281173@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>From Malthus to the Millennium Bug, apocalyptic thinking has a poor track record. But when it issues from Hillman, it may be worth paying attention.</p> <p>“</p> <p>Didn’t realise he was still alive!</p> <p>He talked sense in the past, I’m sure he still does. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18777#post-281163 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 16:23:04 +0000 LaidBack 281163@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Can you imagine the global airline industry being dismantled when hundreds of new runways are being built right now all over the world?"</em></p> <p>If Brexit makes air travel more expensive then it could have a green side-effect. Edinburgh Airport should then stop expanding much past 15 million passengers. Small beer to growth in India and elsewhere though.<br /> <em><br /> Interestingly(!) the growth in Edinburgh is now two years ahead of schedule as the 13 million figure was target for 2020. If only other forms of public transport could perform like that (joke). </em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18777#post-281140 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:26:00 +0000 I were right about that saddle 281140@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/26/were-doomed-mayer-hillman-on-the-climate-reality-no-one-else-will-dare-mention">We’re doing the reverse of what we should be doing, with everybody’s silent acquiescence, and nobody’s batting an eyelid.</a> </p>