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Newsletter week 44
Coal, Cars, Cash and Trees
The United Nations COP26 summit that has started in Glasgow yesterday has been billed as a make-or-break chance to save the planet from the most calamitous effects of climate change. COP26 aims to keep alive a target of capping global warming at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, the limit scientists say would avoid its most destructive consequences.
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Rethinking a Classic
The Renault Suite N°4 by Mathieu Lehanneur is a luxury open-air hotel on wheels, focusing on experience instead of performance. The future car is connected to the past.
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Expensive Colours
Expensive natural gas causes the price of paint to rise and disruptions in the supply chain mean shortages of blue paint.
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A Plant-based Future
Although the alt-protein movement started with replacing beef in burgers, there are plant-based products that mimic an expanding variety of fish, to chicken and pork.
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Meta
The Metaverse concept means very different things to different people and every major technology company will contribute something towards the Metaverse. For an overview of what the metaverse will and will not be according to experts, read more here
If you would like to deepen your knowledge about Web 3.0, listen to the Tim Ferris Podcast with Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant here
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