Mike Roberts
@nzmike.bsky.social
Focusing on the big issues - they're all about environmental damage that humans are inflicting on this planet. Is there anything else that's more important? Plus a glimpse of reality.
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The four days from November 22nd to November 25th were the warmest days of those dates in the Copernicus record.
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The four days from November 22nd to November 25th were the warmest days of those dates in the Copernicus record.
Copernicus has November 22nd as the warmest November 22nd on record!
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Copernicus has November 22nd as the warmest November 22nd on record!
Renewable energy is as big a threat to biodiversity as oil and gas activities.
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Is Climate Change the Biggest Threat to Biodiversity?
As we can see from the chart above, climate change, as a whole, was down in 7th place in the list of biodiversity threats. The chart is from 2016 but there is no reason to believe that climate chan…
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October 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Renewable energy is as big a threat to biodiversity as oil and gas activities.
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It's amazing how many people think renewable energy harvesting infrastructure is clean. It's as though they think that all our environmental problems will disappear if the transition can be completed.
Yet more evidence from @ember-energy.org that the global roll out of 'electrotech' is accelerating fast and will push fossil fuel demand into structural decline very soon. www.businessgreen.com/news/4519025...
Study: 'Electrotech' growth to push fossil fuel demand into terminal decline by 2030
Impact of clean energy and transport technologies on fossil fuel demand set to be far higher than initially predicted, think tank claims
www.businessgreen.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It's amazing how many people think renewable energy harvesting infrastructure is clean. It's as though they think that all our environmental problems will disappear if the transition can be completed.
Climate contrarians often go on about data adjustments. Overall, they understate the warming. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-raw-te...
The raw temperature deal
Temperature records are adjusted for changes in measurement techniques over time, but the net effect on global temperatures is small
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September 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Climate contrarians often go on about data adjustments. Overall, they understate the warming. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-raw-te...
Most of the environmental damage we see was done before climate change really started to kick in. Consequently, moving to renewables, even if they could eventually be built without fossil fuels, will not stop the environmental damage caused by civilisation and economic growth.
September 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Most of the environmental damage we see was done before climate change really started to kick in. Consequently, moving to renewables, even if they could eventually be built without fossil fuels, will not stop the environmental damage caused by civilisation and economic growth.
We don't yet know whether it will be possible to build infrastructure to harness renewable energy, and distribute it, without FFs. If it isn't, then if they result in a significant reduction in FF use the FF industry will contract/collapse and be unable to supply the FFs needed in future.
August 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
We don't yet know whether it will be possible to build infrastructure to harness renewable energy, and distribute it, without FFs. If it isn't, then if they result in a significant reduction in FF use the FF industry will contract/collapse and be unable to supply the FFs needed in future.
Is the Transition With Perfect Recycling the Solution?
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Is the Transition With Perfect Recycling the Solution?
When confronted with certain collapse, humans counter with the energy transition and improving recycling. These will ensure civilisation can go on for ever. But there is no way that can be true. Le…
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July 31, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Is the Transition With Perfect Recycling the Solution?
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We Are All In Denial
Regardless of why humans seem to be capable of, and exhibit, denial of reality, we all are guilty of it. This is hardly surprising, since it is built into us, as it would be built into all species …
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July 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
We are all in denial. mikerobertsblog.wordpress.com/2024/06/27/w...
No way out. mikerobertsblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/26/n...
July 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
No way out. mikerobertsblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/26/n...
Sustainable?
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What does sustainable mean?
Basic definition: Capable of being sustained This is straight-forward and clear, though it doesn’t describe how something can be sustained. One of the crucial things, though, is that there is…
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July 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Sustainable?
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The AGW deniers claim it's not true. Those who follow the science don't want it to be true. There seems to be some common ground there.
May 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The AGW deniers claim it's not true. Those who follow the science don't want it to be true. There seems to be some common ground there.
The changing meanings of words.
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April 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The changing meanings of words.
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Stopping global heating will not stop biodiversity loss which is caused by civilisation. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Stopping global heating will not stop biodiversity loss which is caused by civilisation. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sustainable modernity is impossible. Halting growth in economies crashes them (they require growth to pay interest on debt). Only with no more resource extraction and 100% recycling can a society hope to be sustainable. The latter is impossible making the former impossible.
March 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Sustainable modernity is impossible. Halting growth in economies crashes them (they require growth to pay interest on debt). Only with no more resource extraction and 100% recycling can a society hope to be sustainable. The latter is impossible making the former impossible.
Latest post by @davidslack.bsky.social includes the hope for "Sustainable industry powered by the abundant energy ..." I hope this is shorthand for "less damaging industry..." because so many seem to understand our predicament but fail to understand sustainability. subslack.substack.com
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March 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Latest post by @davidslack.bsky.social includes the hope for "Sustainable industry powered by the abundant energy ..." I hope this is shorthand for "less damaging industry..." because so many seem to understand our predicament but fail to understand sustainability. subslack.substack.com
8th of March this year was the warmest 8th of March in the Copernicus record.
March 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
8th of March this year was the warmest 8th of March in the Copernicus record.
Another two days being the hottest of those days on record, now 16 of the first 20 have been the hottest on record.
January 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Another two days being the hottest of those days on record, now 16 of the first 20 have been the hottest on record.
A new daily surface temperature record in the ERA5 data set, for December 30th, beating last year's record. And we're not even in an El Niño now.
January 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A new daily surface temperature record in the ERA5 data set, for December 30th, beating last year's record. And we're not even in an El Niño now.
If we don't have free will, don't expect any significant environmental action. mikerobertsblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/l...
December 27, 2024 at 9:18 AM
If we don't have free will, don't expect any significant environmental action. mikerobertsblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/l...
I follow quite a few people who try to hope we will somehow repair some of the damage we've done to all of the critical systems on this planet (planetary boundaries). I've yet to read of any of them saying that the US election result is good for any of them. Rather, the reverse.
November 6, 2024 at 11:26 PM
I follow quite a few people who try to hope we will somehow repair some of the damage we've done to all of the critical systems on this planet (planetary boundaries). I've yet to read of any of them saying that the US election result is good for any of them. Rather, the reverse.