Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026We cant keep growing we live on a finite planet 111
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026And yet less than 10% of German primary energy consumption is wind and solar. Do you think this hype and hopium helps the climate crisis? 210
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Nope decoupling has been comprehensively debunked 000
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026substack.com/profile/4484...substack.comMike Joy (@mikejoy2)Is big agriculture holding New Zealand hostage? A privilege to be interviewed alongside our legendary economist Geoff Bertram https://www.publicinterest.nz/undercurrents-ep-9-is-big-agriculture-hol... 021
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Climate myopia commission report substack.com/@mikejoy2/no...substack.comMike Joy (@mikejoy2)Check out my new post! 002
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 11/07/2026My post based on a recent talk at the reality of everything symposium open.substack.com/pub/mikejoy2...open.substack.comConfronting the polycrisisWe are facing multiple existential crises not just climate and all are symptoms of overshoot. There is no economic or techno-fix, ending growth is our only possible way to have liveable planet. 076
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Yeah when you become one if the richest countries in the world from selling fossil fuels its easy 7241
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Discovered!! haha we've known about them for decades. 010
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I look forward to their plan to offset their massive nitrate in Freshwater pollution from their dairy farms. Now increasing even more with their dropping of ban on palm kernel i spent years on instigating 010
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 27/06/2026royalsociety.org/news-resourc...royalsociety.orgLarge-scale electricity storage | Royal SocietyThis policy briefing explores the need for energy storage to underpin renewable energy generation in Great Britain. It assesses various energy storage technologies. 000
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 27/06/2026royalsociety.org/news-resourc... a must readroyalsociety.orgLarge-scale electricity storage | Royal SocietyThis policy briefing explores the need for energy storage to underpin renewable energy generation in Great Britain. It assesses various energy storage technologies. 000
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 13/06/2026substack.com/@mikejoy2/no...substack.comMike Joy (@mikejoy2)If i was standing on the side of the road flagging you down to warn the bridge ahead had collapsed would you scream past shouting get lost doomer? 031
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 03/06/2026You still have to refine it all to get the other stuff, what will you do with the rest currently going to diesel gas jetfuel etc? 000
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Look around you everything in our modern lives comes from fossil fuels. Im all for ending fossils but I say it in the knowledge that nothing we take for granted in modernity is gone. 320
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The 2 delusions of economic salvation:the notion that a deteriorating material economy can be reinvigorated using monetary tools. that we can overcome material finality using the “limitless” capability of human innovation, enacted as technology. surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/3...surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com#323: They first make madSTRESS & GRIEF AT THE END OF GROWTH Foreword Economic growth is generally understood as a process that delivers a material betterment of living standards over time. But growth has two other vir… 121
Reposted by Mike joyJames Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 25/04/2026A 1°C warmer world will exist only in our memories. This is a frightening prospect. It’s understandable that some take refuge in the promise of future technological solutions. But this moment demands a sober appraisal of the science & tech available *today*. www.technosphere.earth/we-must-deal...technosphere.earthWe must deal with climate realitiesTechno fantasies will not bring back pre-industrial climates 02513
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 25/04/2026And electricity is 20% of total energy consumption, quit the hype 000
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Today is Earth Day a great day to watch the Emergency briefing www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tLU...youtube.comThe People's Emergency Briefing - Watch the latest trailerYouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing 152
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Runs on sunshine but every single component made from materials mined and transported with fossil fuels driving on roads utterly dependent on fossil fuels ... 110
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Great so they will only work during sunshine hours? 001
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 05/04/2026You know that renewables are utterly dependent on fossil fuels don't you 000
Reposted by Mike joyDr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Great to join with @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social and @andrewlensen.bsky.social for coffee today — in an informal mtg of @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social’s critic-and-conscience club. To congratulate Andrew on his recent award success + to chew fat re ups-and-downs of s268(2)(d)(i)(E) of Education Act 2020. 🤓 091
Reposted by Mike joyBernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I had a great chat recently with fellow substackers Catherine Knight and @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social about the upcoming Reality of Everything conference, and the issue of food security. This is open to all. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...open.substack.comMini-Hoon Live with Bernard Hickey, Catherine Knight & Mike Joy on the Reality of Everything & FoodBernard Hickey talks with Mike Joy and Catherine Knight about food security and the Reality of Everything conference coming up at Vic Uni on June 26 21915
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 02/04/2026substack.com/@bernardchic...substack.comMini-Hoon Live with Bernard Hickey, Catherine Knight & Mike Joy on the Reality of Everything & FoodBernard Hickey talks with Mike Joy and Catherine Knight about food security and the Reality of Everything conference coming up at Vic Uni on June 26 011
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Can't say it plainer than this: "The Earth cannot sustain the future human population, or even today’s, without a major overhaul of socio-cultural practices for using land, water, energy, biodiversity, and other resources" doi.org/10.1088/1748...doi.orgGlobal human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacityGlobal human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity, Bradshaw, Corey J A, Judge, Melinda A, Blumstein, Daniel T, Ehrlich, Paul R, Dasgupta, Aisha N Z, Wackernagel, Mathis, Weed... 1108
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Yeah let's just ignore the fact that we'll have to dig up what's left of the planet to continue powering our utterly unsustainable lifestyles in the wealthy world 000
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 29/03/2026You know this totally wrong! look at the wars for "critical minerals" critical to all renewables. 000
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Yeah totally but renewables made cradle to grave from fossil fuels and rebuilt with fossil fuels 000
Reposted by Mike joyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/03/2026New in PN: @markjacob.bsky.social on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story "The press decided all of this is normal. They cast aside the idea that this guy’s totally unfit — which he obviously is. The news media could go much farther than they’ve gone so far in stating how unhinged he is."publicnotice.coMark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story"The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office." 1312821983
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 19/03/2026open.substack.com/pub/mikejoy2...open.substack.comFrom Miserable Pedagogies to Anthropocene Intelligence for Universities in the Meta-CrisisDr Doom or how to avoid doom? 000
Reposted by Mike joyBernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Here’s a mini-Hoon on the upcoming Reality of Everything conference and climate change, including Cathrine Dyer, Vic Uni's @jamesrenwick.bsky.social and climate scientist @andyreisinger.bsky.social . #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...open.substack.comA Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Climate ChangeI hosted a 'Hoon' previewing The Reality of Everything symposium, examining the interconnected crises of climate change, energy, water & food constraints, economic instability & public health 0236
Mike joy @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I'm often called Dr Doom but i try to make the point that I'm the opposite i am trying to get across the impossibility of our current lifestyles - doom is what happens if we don't utterly change our expectationscambridge.orgFrom Miserable Pedagogies to Anthropocene Intelligence for Universities in the Meta-Crisis | Australian Journal of Environmental Education | Cambridge CoreFrom Miserable Pedagogies to Anthropocene Intelligence for Universities in the Meta-Crisis - Volume 41 Issue 5 010
