Dobby Does Doom
@sonofscience.bsky.social
Discussing responses to climate change and the collapse of global industrial civilisation due to ecological overshoot. Doomer. Permaculture designer. https://adriandobby.substack.com/
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The Death of Progress: Liberalism at the End of the World
The Unravelling of Liberal Morality in an Age of Limits
adrianlambert.substack.com
The irony of owning the libs on Bluesky is not lost on me! 😂
New from me: The Death of Progress: Liberalism at the End of the World.
Thx for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/the-death-...
New from me: The Death of Progress: Liberalism at the End of the World.
Thx for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Climate change is our greatest risk? 🤔
Climate change is not a risk, it’s an issue - one that engulfs every other risk we know how to measure.
#overshoot #collapse
Climate change is not a risk, it’s an issue - one that engulfs every other risk we know how to measure.
#overshoot #collapse
AXA and Ipsos have published the 12th edition of the Future Risks Report, a report based on a global survey of 23,000 citizens and 3,595 risk experts.
What do both experts and citizens rank as greates risk?
*** Climate change ***
So do I, after over 35 years experience in climate science.
What do both experts and citizens rank as greates risk?
*** Climate change ***
So do I, after over 35 years experience in climate science.
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Climate change is our greatest risk? 🤔
Climate change is not a risk, it’s an issue - one that engulfs every other risk we know how to measure.
#overshoot #collapse
Climate change is not a risk, it’s an issue - one that engulfs every other risk we know how to measure.
#overshoot #collapse
The irony of owning the libs on Bluesky is not lost on me! 😂
New from me: The Death of Progress: Liberalism at the End of the World.
Thx for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/the-death-...
New from me: The Death of Progress: Liberalism at the End of the World.
Thx for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of Progress: Liberalism at the End of the World
The Unravelling of Liberal Morality in an Age of Limits
adrianlambert.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The irony of owning the libs on Bluesky is not lost on me! 😂
New from me: The Death of Progress: Liberalism at the End of the World.
Thx for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/the-death-...
New from me: The Death of Progress: Liberalism at the End of the World.
Thx for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Brilliant short explainer covering the double bind of how vital rare earth minerals are to modern industrial civilisation, and how environmentally destructive mining them is.
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/vq4eRtwFjIc?...
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/vq4eRtwFjIc?...
Trade War Explained: The Rare Earth Metals China Dominates and US needs
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Brilliant short explainer covering the double bind of how vital rare earth minerals are to modern industrial civilisation, and how environmentally destructive mining them is.
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/vq4eRtwFjIc?...
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/vq4eRtwFjIc?...
Reposted by Dobby Does Doom
Every political ideology is as toxic for the environment as any other. Some may distribute resources more equally, but the aggregate scale of consumption ensures collapse.
October 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Every political ideology is as toxic for the environment as any other. Some may distribute resources more equally, but the aggregate scale of consumption ensures collapse.
Something much shorter than my usual paradigm shifting musings!
Capitalism and Collapse: Why Ending Capitalism Won't Save us.
Thanks for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/capitalism...
Capitalism and Collapse: Why Ending Capitalism Won't Save us.
Thanks for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/capitalism...
Capitalism and Collapse: Why Ending Capitalism Won’t Save Us
Abolish capitalism tomorrow, and collapse would come even quicker
adrianlambert.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Something much shorter than my usual paradigm shifting musings!
Capitalism and Collapse: Why Ending Capitalism Won't Save us.
Thanks for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/capitalism...
Capitalism and Collapse: Why Ending Capitalism Won't Save us.
Thanks for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/capitalism...
When you want to make an AI video of a unicorn eating ice cream with Peppa Pig but the noise of the cooling system from the Microsoft data centre next door is keeping you awake at night.
#overshoot #collapse
#overshoot #collapse
October 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
When you want to make an AI video of a unicorn eating ice cream with Peppa Pig but the noise of the cooling system from the Microsoft data centre next door is keeping you awake at night.
#overshoot #collapse
#overshoot #collapse
Bolder. Effective. And operating within the same political paradigm driving ecological collapse.
#overshoot #collapse
#overshoot #collapse
October 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Bolder. Effective. And operating within the same political paradigm driving ecological collapse.
#overshoot #collapse
#overshoot #collapse
"We need data centres, it's the way the world is going, but you shouldn't put them near people's houses". Virginia resident
Normies 😂🤣
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/t-8TDOFqkQA?...
Normies 😂🤣
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/t-8TDOFqkQA?...
Exposing The Dark Side of America's AI Data Center Explosion
YouTube video by Business Insider
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"We need data centres, it's the way the world is going, but you shouldn't put them near people's houses". Virginia resident
Normies 😂🤣
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/t-8TDOFqkQA?...
Normies 😂🤣
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/t-8TDOFqkQA?...
Collapse is already here. Extinction is the baseline, not the outlier. The only real question is whether humans remain a keystone of collapse, or find ways to stabilise life as we go down. My new essay: Keystone Humanity
#overshoot #collapse Thanks for reading :)
open.substack.com/pub/adrianla...
#overshoot #collapse Thanks for reading :)
open.substack.com/pub/adrianla...
Keystone Humanity: A Guide to Reclaiming Our Ecological Role in Collapse
Finding our place in a damaged world
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Collapse is already here. Extinction is the baseline, not the outlier. The only real question is whether humans remain a keystone of collapse, or find ways to stabilise life as we go down. My new essay: Keystone Humanity
#overshoot #collapse Thanks for reading :)
open.substack.com/pub/adrianla...
#overshoot #collapse Thanks for reading :)
open.substack.com/pub/adrianla...
Reposted by Dobby Does Doom
800 individual days have been at least 1.5C above the Pre-Industrial baseline
Summer 2025 was largely under 1.5C
> Will we pass 900 days in 2026?
> Will we pass 1000 days by 2027?
> Will the Loess 30-yr trend pass 1.5C before 2028?
Data: Copernicus ERA5 - Global Mean Surface Temperature Anomaly
Summer 2025 was largely under 1.5C
> Will we pass 900 days in 2026?
> Will we pass 1000 days by 2027?
> Will the Loess 30-yr trend pass 1.5C before 2028?
Data: Copernicus ERA5 - Global Mean Surface Temperature Anomaly
September 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
800 individual days have been at least 1.5C above the Pre-Industrial baseline
Summer 2025 was largely under 1.5C
> Will we pass 900 days in 2026?
> Will we pass 1000 days by 2027?
> Will the Loess 30-yr trend pass 1.5C before 2028?
Data: Copernicus ERA5 - Global Mean Surface Temperature Anomaly
Summer 2025 was largely under 1.5C
> Will we pass 900 days in 2026?
> Will we pass 1000 days by 2027?
> Will the Loess 30-yr trend pass 1.5C before 2028?
Data: Copernicus ERA5 - Global Mean Surface Temperature Anomaly
I can 100% guarantee you that the destruction of this planet's oceans and biodiversity will continue apace. #overshoot #collapse
Historic High Seas Treaty is a "turning point for humanity"
A United Nations treaty designed to protect the marine life and ecosystems of the high seas has received the 60th and final ratification needed to come into force.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...
A United Nations treaty designed to protect the marine life and ecosystems of the high seas has received the 60th and final ratification needed to come into force.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...
Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I can 100% guarantee you that the destruction of this planet's oceans and biodiversity will continue apace. #overshoot #collapse
The Red Queen tells Alice she must run as fast as she can just to stay in the same place.
Biologists use the Red Queen hypothesis to describe co-evolution: predator and prey, parasite and host, locked in a race where standing still means falling behind - and more rapid extinction. 1/4 #collapse
Biologists use the Red Queen hypothesis to describe co-evolution: predator and prey, parasite and host, locked in a race where standing still means falling behind - and more rapid extinction. 1/4 #collapse
September 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The Red Queen tells Alice she must run as fast as she can just to stay in the same place.
Biologists use the Red Queen hypothesis to describe co-evolution: predator and prey, parasite and host, locked in a race where standing still means falling behind - and more rapid extinction. 1/4 #collapse
Biologists use the Red Queen hypothesis to describe co-evolution: predator and prey, parasite and host, locked in a race where standing still means falling behind - and more rapid extinction. 1/4 #collapse
In case you missed it:
"Focusing anger on villains can feel righteous, but it keeps us tethered to the illusion that collapse is a matter of bad actors.
But the flaw is not in the individuals. It is in the structure of civilisation itself."
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/collapse-a...
"Focusing anger on villains can feel righteous, but it keeps us tethered to the illusion that collapse is a matter of bad actors.
But the flaw is not in the individuals. It is in the structure of civilisation itself."
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/collapse-a...
Collapse and the Consensus Trance
The Stories That Blind Us to Reality
adrianlambert.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
In case you missed it:
"Focusing anger on villains can feel righteous, but it keeps us tethered to the illusion that collapse is a matter of bad actors.
But the flaw is not in the individuals. It is in the structure of civilisation itself."
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/collapse-a...
"Focusing anger on villains can feel righteous, but it keeps us tethered to the illusion that collapse is a matter of bad actors.
But the flaw is not in the individuals. It is in the structure of civilisation itself."
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/collapse-a...
We don’t replace energy sources, we stack them.
Wood → coal → oil → gas → renewables.
Each new source adds to the total flow.
The “displaced” fossil fuels don’t stay in the ground - they’re burned elsewhere (Jevons paradox). That’s why growth keeps driving emissions higher..
#overshoot #collapse
Wood → coal → oil → gas → renewables.
Each new source adds to the total flow.
The “displaced” fossil fuels don’t stay in the ground - they’re burned elsewhere (Jevons paradox). That’s why growth keeps driving emissions higher..
#overshoot #collapse
Exciting clean energy breakthrough if you missed it: Finland launches world's largest sand battery in Pornainen! 13m tall, stores 100 MWh of renewable power as heat in sand at 450°C for weeks. Heats homes/offices/schools, cuts CO2 by 70% vs old woodchip plant.
www.independent.co.uk/tech/sand-ba...
www.independent.co.uk/tech/sand-ba...
World’s largest sand battery switches on in huge boost to clean energy
Thermal storage system holds enough energy to heat homes, offices and a school
www.independent.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We don’t replace energy sources, we stack them.
Wood → coal → oil → gas → renewables.
Each new source adds to the total flow.
The “displaced” fossil fuels don’t stay in the ground - they’re burned elsewhere (Jevons paradox). That’s why growth keeps driving emissions higher..
#overshoot #collapse
Wood → coal → oil → gas → renewables.
Each new source adds to the total flow.
The “displaced” fossil fuels don’t stay in the ground - they’re burned elsewhere (Jevons paradox). That’s why growth keeps driving emissions higher..
#overshoot #collapse
Reposted by Dobby Does Doom
This is truly calamitous⬇️
A new World Bank report cites data from a forthcoming study: it shows the biomass of wild terrestrial mammals as being 2% of all mammals on earth.
A widely quoted 2018 study had shown that proportion as 4% (see next post).
The rest is us & our livestock.
openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/c...
A widely quoted 2018 study had shown that proportion as 4% (see next post).
The rest is us & our livestock.
openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/c...
September 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is truly calamitous⬇️
New podcast episode!
To live in the world but to see beyond the world creates pressure in the mind. In some circles, it's called "cognitive dissonance." In our circle, we call it "collapse awareness." When the pressure is too great, we must leave the fake world to find a reality that we recognize.
To live in the world but to see beyond the world creates pressure in the mind. In some circles, it's called "cognitive dissonance." In our circle, we call it "collapse awareness." When the pressure is too great, we must leave the fake world to find a reality that we recognize.
'The Fivefold Path of Collapse Acceptance' - with Susan, Matthew, and David
YouTube video by Collapse Club
youtu.be
September 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This is objectively funny 🤣
"CO₂ stored underground will be at risk of leaking back into the atmosphere, study finds."
www.ft.com/content/7ace...
"CO₂ stored underground will be at risk of leaking back into the atmosphere, study finds."
www.ft.com/content/7ace...
Carbon capture set to be less useful in tackling climate change, scientists warn
CO₂ stored underground will be at risk of leaking back into the atmosphere, study finds
www.ft.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This is objectively funny 🤣
"CO₂ stored underground will be at risk of leaking back into the atmosphere, study finds."
www.ft.com/content/7ace...
"CO₂ stored underground will be at risk of leaking back into the atmosphere, study finds."
www.ft.com/content/7ace...
Collapse is not hidden because the evidence is weak, but because our culture is organised to prevent us from seeing it.
New essay: Collapse and the Consensus Trance
Thanks for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/collapse-a...
New essay: Collapse and the Consensus Trance
Thanks for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/collapse-a...
Collapse and the Consensus Trance
The Stories That Blind Us to Reality
adrianlambert.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Collapse is not hidden because the evidence is weak, but because our culture is organised to prevent us from seeing it.
New essay: Collapse and the Consensus Trance
Thanks for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/collapse-a...
New essay: Collapse and the Consensus Trance
Thanks for reading :)
#overshoot #collapse
adrianlambert.substack.com/p/collapse-a...
Jan.
Renewables don’t replace ecosystems, soils, or minerals already consumed. They slow the bleed, but they don’t change the fact that civilisation is organised around perpetual growth on a finite planet.
Solar isn’t the myth. The myth is that it can save human civilisation.
#overshoot #collapse
Renewables don’t replace ecosystems, soils, or minerals already consumed. They slow the bleed, but they don’t change the fact that civilisation is organised around perpetual growth on a finite planet.
Solar isn’t the myth. The myth is that it can save human civilisation.
#overshoot #collapse
There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt.
This is simply false.
- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
This is simply false.
- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
August 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Jan.
Renewables don’t replace ecosystems, soils, or minerals already consumed. They slow the bleed, but they don’t change the fact that civilisation is organised around perpetual growth on a finite planet.
Solar isn’t the myth. The myth is that it can save human civilisation.
#overshoot #collapse
Renewables don’t replace ecosystems, soils, or minerals already consumed. They slow the bleed, but they don’t change the fact that civilisation is organised around perpetual growth on a finite planet.
Solar isn’t the myth. The myth is that it can save human civilisation.
#overshoot #collapse
I only recently discovered Michael Ruppert. This is an excellent diagnostic of civilisational collapse.
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/ihobiCxOx0k?...
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/ihobiCxOx0k?...
Collapse - full documentary 2009 with Michael Ruppert
YouTube video by Ronny Schliegel
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I only recently discovered Michael Ruppert. This is an excellent diagnostic of civilisational collapse.
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/ihobiCxOx0k?...
#overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/ihobiCxOx0k?...
Have you ever wondered what school would have been like if doom had been on the curriculum?
Wonder no longer 😂 #overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/K-_l9jBGo74?...
Wonder no longer 😂 #overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/K-_l9jBGo74?...
Secret History #2: How Societies Collapse
YouTube video by Predictive History
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Have you ever wondered what school would have been like if doom had been on the curriculum?
Wonder no longer 😂 #overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/K-_l9jBGo74?...
Wonder no longer 😂 #overshoot #collapse
youtu.be/K-_l9jBGo74?...
Huge thanks to all the OG's here on Doom-Sky for helping my first full-length article reach so many other humans.
I really did not think a fully-referenced 10 minute read about how and why we're so f**ked would land as well as it did. #overshoot #collapse
adriandobby.substack.com
I really did not think a fully-referenced 10 minute read about how and why we're so f**ked would land as well as it did. #overshoot #collapse
adriandobby.substack.com
A Grand Unified Theory of Doom | Adrian Dobby | Substack
Understanding the rise and fall of industrial civilisation - and what comes next. Click to read A Grand Unified Theory of Doom, by Adrian Dobby, a Substack publication. Launched 9 days ago.
adriandobby.substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Huge thanks to all the OG's here on Doom-Sky for helping my first full-length article reach so many other humans.
I really did not think a fully-referenced 10 minute read about how and why we're so f**ked would land as well as it did. #overshoot #collapse
adriandobby.substack.com
I really did not think a fully-referenced 10 minute read about how and why we're so f**ked would land as well as it did. #overshoot #collapse
adriandobby.substack.com
Monbiot eco-journo-bot status update....
Hopium distribution system:
Recharged.
Avalanche of techno-optimist bulls**t:
Engaged.
#overshoot #collapse
Hopium distribution system:
Recharged.
Avalanche of techno-optimist bulls**t:
Engaged.
#overshoot #collapse
My apologies for disappearing these past couple of weeks - just needed to be completely offline. I'll be gearing up again from Monday.
August 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Monbiot eco-journo-bot status update....
Hopium distribution system:
Recharged.
Avalanche of techno-optimist bulls**t:
Engaged.
#overshoot #collapse
Hopium distribution system:
Recharged.
Avalanche of techno-optimist bulls**t:
Engaged.
#overshoot #collapse
Are we in ecological overshoot? Yes.
Can civilisation be made sustainable on its resource base? No.
Can we support biodiversity on the way down? Locally, yes.
Will this be the first civilisation not to collapse? No.
#overshoot #collapse
Can civilisation be made sustainable on its resource base? No.
Can we support biodiversity on the way down? Locally, yes.
Will this be the first civilisation not to collapse? No.
#overshoot #collapse
August 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Are we in ecological overshoot? Yes.
Can civilisation be made sustainable on its resource base? No.
Can we support biodiversity on the way down? Locally, yes.
Will this be the first civilisation not to collapse? No.
#overshoot #collapse
Can civilisation be made sustainable on its resource base? No.
Can we support biodiversity on the way down? Locally, yes.
Will this be the first civilisation not to collapse? No.
#overshoot #collapse
How can England possibly be running out of water?
How can England possibly be running out of water?
While famously rainswept, climate crisis, population growth and profligacy mean the once unthinkable could be possible
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM