Jeff Hubbs
@jeffhubbs.bsky.social
Energy systems and climate change research, electronics, music
Owner/Consultant, Mid-Atlantic Consulting (a trade name of Jeffrey L. Hubbs Enterprises, LLC) - Capability Statement: https://tinyurl.com/9zz397pb
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm147750
Owner/Consultant, Mid-Atlantic Consulting (a trade name of Jeffrey L. Hubbs Enterprises, LLC) - Capability Statement: https://tinyurl.com/9zz397pb
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm147750
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Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
Here for the naming ceremony of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Here for the naming ceremony of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech.
Interesting. I’ve been conceptualizing in my mind an abstract value of AI services that isn’t associated with GDP and what the relationship is between that value and the services’ energetic cost. This policy seems to cap the total energetic cost and encourages competing for value per unit energy.
Here's an interesting wrinkle in the GenAI, crypto and Energy front.
BC's government is proposing no energy for crypto data centres and strict rules around AI data centres that force them to compete for a set pool of power capacity.
All based on the idea of highest societal value for that power.
BC's government is proposing no energy for crypto data centres and strict rules around AI data centres that force them to compete for a set pool of power capacity.
All based on the idea of highest societal value for that power.
B.C. gov't proposes new power rules for AI, data centres, prioritizes jobs | CBC News
Rather than the current first-come, first-serve structure, the government says the new policy would prioritize natural resource and manufacturing projects, while artificial intelligence, data centres...
buff.ly
October 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Interesting. I’ve been conceptualizing in my mind an abstract value of AI services that isn’t associated with GDP and what the relationship is between that value and the services’ energetic cost. This policy seems to cap the total energetic cost and encourages competing for value per unit energy.
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Data is key for understanding and leasing the impacts of climate change on our economy and people. Glad to see @climatecentral.org continuing the data when our government fails.
@climatecentral.org has relaunched the Billion Dollar Disaster methodology and database, which is good news for all of us trying to communicate the importance of disaster policy:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
NOAA Isn’t Tracking Disaster Damages Anymore. These Scientists Are.
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Data is key for understanding and leasing the impacts of climate change on our economy and people. Glad to see @climatecentral.org continuing the data when our government fails.
When this happens, I try not to focus so much on the idea of a “negative price” (i.e. paying someone to take something). For one thing, that doesn’t mean you have buyers at that price; it may be like you’re trying to pay people to take water but no one’s got a bucket.
1/ I'm back from vacation, and here's a quick update on negative prices in the German electricity market:
📈 So far this year, we've already had 486 hours of negative prices as of the beginning of September.
📈 So far this year, we've already had 486 hours of negative prices as of the beginning of September.
September 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
When this happens, I try not to focus so much on the idea of a “negative price” (i.e. paying someone to take something). For one thing, that doesn’t mean you have buyers at that price; it may be like you’re trying to pay people to take water but no one’s got a bucket.
You can (literally) see the problem here: how efficient can these panels be when they’re reflecting green?
NEW: Solar panels are multiplying - and diversifying.
This is renewable energy in Technicolor.
share.google/F6gEP0elPKRA...
This is renewable energy in Technicolor.
share.google/F6gEP0elPKRA...
The new solar: what colour panel would you like?
Don't forget to consider cost and efficiency, too.
share.google
July 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
You can (literally) see the problem here: how efficient can these panels be when they’re reflecting green?
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NEW SHIFT KEY
WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO US CLIMATE POLICY — AND WHAT COMES NEXT
This is your orientation to US climate law post-OBBBA, from @jessedjenkins.com and me. What died, what survived (more than you think!), what it all means for America’s ability to decarbonize:
heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO US CLIMATE POLICY — AND WHAT COMES NEXT
This is your orientation to US climate law post-OBBBA, from @jessedjenkins.com and me. What died, what survived (more than you think!), what it all means for America’s ability to decarbonize:
heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
Climate Policy in America: Where We Go From Here
Rob does a post-vacation debrief with Jesse and Heatmap deputy editor Jillian Goodman on the One Big Beautiful Bill.
heatmap.news
July 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
NEW SHIFT KEY
WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO US CLIMATE POLICY — AND WHAT COMES NEXT
This is your orientation to US climate law post-OBBBA, from @jessedjenkins.com and me. What died, what survived (more than you think!), what it all means for America’s ability to decarbonize:
heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO US CLIMATE POLICY — AND WHAT COMES NEXT
This is your orientation to US climate law post-OBBBA, from @jessedjenkins.com and me. What died, what survived (more than you think!), what it all means for America’s ability to decarbonize:
heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
Did I find a bad time to go into energy/climate research?
Trump’s degrowth agenda isn’t just extreme tariffs or derailing clean energy - it’s gutting the backbone of US science and R&D: 🧵
-NSF: >55% cut
-NASA Sci: ~50% cut
-ARPA-E: 57% cut
-DOE Sci: 14% cut
-DOE clean energy: ~80% cut
-NIH: ~$18bn cut
-Mass cuts & purges to NOAA/NWS, EPA, USDA, CDC
-NSF: >55% cut
-NASA Sci: ~50% cut
-ARPA-E: 57% cut
-DOE Sci: 14% cut
-DOE clean energy: ~80% cut
-NIH: ~$18bn cut
-Mass cuts & purges to NOAA/NWS, EPA, USDA, CDC
July 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Did I find a bad time to go into energy/climate research?
I wish, but my AC isn’t generating revenue for someone else.
Reminder: data centers and crypto should be first priority for load shed during peak days like this, not your AC
June 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I wish, but my AC isn’t generating revenue for someone else.
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Make no mistake: the House budget bill, as currently written, is effectively a full repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act clean energy measures. This renders all IRA tax credits as-good-as-dead. Goodbye nuclear industry. Goodbye US manufacturing investments. Hello higher energy prices.
The fight over the future of the Inflation Reduction Act is here. This week on a special SHIFT KEY, we guide you through the budget reconciliation process & break down the biggest provisions in the House budget bill with former Senate & Treasury advisor Luke Bassett heatmap.news/podcast/shif... 🔌💡
May 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Make no mistake: the House budget bill, as currently written, is effectively a full repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act clean energy measures. This renders all IRA tax credits as-good-as-dead. Goodbye nuclear industry. Goodbye US manufacturing investments. Hello higher energy prices.
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“What would induce anyone, at this stage, to hold on to power only to be remembered for their inability to take action when it was urgent and necessary to do so?”
—Pope Francis, Laudato Si’
—Pope Francis, Laudato Si’
April 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
“What would induce anyone, at this stage, to hold on to power only to be remembered for their inability to take action when it was urgent and necessary to do so?”
—Pope Francis, Laudato Si’
—Pope Francis, Laudato Si’
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Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Dept. of Health and Human Services, four current and former agency workers tell WIRED.
HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say
The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.
wrd.cm
April 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Dept. of Health and Human Services, four current and former agency workers tell WIRED.
The recent spate of US government job losses is impacting my family in such a way that I'm intending to transition from contract consulting to fulltime work.
After 25 years in Information Technology I changed careers to work on climate change and energy systems problems...
After 25 years in Information Technology I changed careers to work on climate change and energy systems problems...
April 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The recent spate of US government job losses is impacting my family in such a way that I'm intending to transition from contract consulting to fulltime work.
After 25 years in Information Technology I changed careers to work on climate change and energy systems problems...
After 25 years in Information Technology I changed careers to work on climate change and energy systems problems...
Anticipating changes in the federal agcys that provide datasets I often work with, I downloaded current versions. Here's what I have:
EIA: CBECS, RBECS, MECS, SEDS
NOAA: GHCN
(previously) ORNL: CMIP6-based climate projns
I want to bring on new clients so if you need assistance w/ these HMU.
January 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Anticipating changes in the federal agcys that provide datasets I often work with, I downloaded current versions. Here's what I have:
EIA: CBECS, RBECS, MECS, SEDS
NOAA: GHCN
(previously) ORNL: CMIP6-based climate projns
I want to bring on new clients so if you need assistance w/ these HMU.
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New Paper on modern challenges facing electric vehicle adoption. Barriers like pricing & charging infrastructure disproportionately impact marginalized communities. Add global supply chain disruptions and the challenges to EV adoption grow. #TransportSky #EnergySky iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Modern challenges facing electric vehicle adoption: A review of barriers to adoption, supply chain challenges, and equity - IOPscienceSearch
Modern challenges facing electric vehicle adoption: A review of barriers to adoption, supply chain challenges, and equity, Alshahapy, Hala, Bozeman III, Joe Frank, Carley, Sanya, Nock, Destenie, Matisoff, Daniel C
iopscience.iop.org
January 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
New Paper on modern challenges facing electric vehicle adoption. Barriers like pricing & charging infrastructure disproportionately impact marginalized communities. Add global supply chain disruptions and the challenges to EV adoption grow. #TransportSky #EnergySky iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Not sure if I’ll ever need it but if I do…
The first R package I ever wrote, anyflights, just had an update make it to CRAN!🛩️ anyflights allows users to fetch data on air travel—flights, planes, airports, airlines, and weather—for any U.S. airport and any year in #rstats.
Read more: simonpcouch.github.io/anyflights/
Read more: simonpcouch.github.io/anyflights/
January 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Not sure if I’ll ever need it but if I do…
This is what I like to see versus many thousands of small individual PV projects installations.
January 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is what I like to see versus many thousands of small individual PV projects installations.
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Because President Biden approved a major disaster declaration for the wildfires, affected folks can apply to get cash for immediate essential items like food or help with hotel or housing needs, and can apply for help for rent, home repairs, and other expenses. 💡🔌 www.fema.gov/press-releas...
January 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Because President Biden approved a major disaster declaration for the wildfires, affected folks can apply to get cash for immediate essential items like food or help with hotel or housing needs, and can apply for help for rent, home repairs, and other expenses. 💡🔌 www.fema.gov/press-releas...
To anyone bewildered by Trump's sudden (and apparently serious enough to hint at the possibility of military action) interest in taking over Greenland and Canada: consider what it means to the importance of those places with a mostly ice-free Arctic. It took a few hours for it to hit me. (THREAD)
January 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
To anyone bewildered by Trump's sudden (and apparently serious enough to hint at the possibility of military action) interest in taking over Greenland and Canada: consider what it means to the importance of those places with a mostly ice-free Arctic. It took a few hours for it to hit me. (THREAD)
Will be very interested to see what the source of this half-ton metal ring was. www.rawstory.com/kenya-space-...
1K-pound rocket debris hurtles to Earth and smashes into village as Kenya hunts for owner
A 1,100-pound piece of rocket debris plummeted to the Earth this week and smashed into a village in Kenya, officials in that country said on New Year's Day.A metallic ring measuring about 8 feet "fell...
www.rawstory.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Will be very interested to see what the source of this half-ton metal ring was. www.rawstory.com/kenya-space-...
Someone or something appears to have gotten to LinkedIn. I'm mostly there (as here) for my "day job" persona which is as a researcher in the fields of energy systems (specifically post-fossil transition) and climate change. In the past couple of weeks, the "Suggested" posts that appear...
December 30, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Someone or something appears to have gotten to LinkedIn. I'm mostly there (as here) for my "day job" persona which is as a researcher in the fields of energy systems (specifically post-fossil transition) and climate change. In the past couple of weeks, the "Suggested" posts that appear...
Downloaded some wildfire location data from Cal Fire and colored the individual fires in red with a brighter red being newer (up to 2023). It's astonishing how much wildfire there has been in just the last ten years. Northern CA down to about Sacramento shown.
December 24, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Downloaded some wildfire location data from Cal Fire and colored the individual fires in red with a brighter red being newer (up to 2023). It's astonishing how much wildfire there has been in just the last ten years. Northern CA down to about Sacramento shown.
My BueSky profile says I have 14 followers but when I click on that link only two show up. Why?
December 24, 2024 at 1:54 AM
My BueSky profile says I have 14 followers but when I click on that link only two show up. Why?