Emily Grubert
@gruberte.bsky.social
civil engineer / environmental sociologist. energy, water, climate, buildings, justice. fossil phaseout / universal programs. she / her. bunnies.
🚨job alert🚨
I'm looking to hire at least one PhD student for next year, looking at decarbonization-oriented technology deployment within an ethical frame of resource allocation and justice outcomes.
Full ad attached! Pref for CEEES admissions; deadline is 1 January.
I'm looking to hire at least one PhD student for next year, looking at decarbonization-oriented technology deployment within an ethical frame of resource allocation and justice outcomes.
Full ad attached! Pref for CEEES admissions; deadline is 1 January.
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🚨job alert🚨
I'm looking to hire at least one PhD student for next year, looking at decarbonization-oriented technology deployment within an ethical frame of resource allocation and justice outcomes.
Full ad attached! Pref for CEEES admissions; deadline is 1 January.
I'm looking to hire at least one PhD student for next year, looking at decarbonization-oriented technology deployment within an ethical frame of resource allocation and justice outcomes.
Full ad attached! Pref for CEEES admissions; deadline is 1 January.
It would seem they're still flaring in the Bakken.
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
It would seem they're still flaring in the Bakken.
I would not have gotten the direction of this chart right (US petrochemical feedstock supply, specifically from petroleum) but as soon as I thought about it, it clicked. Pretty sure this shows the big shift from oil to ngas-derived feedstocks for plastics &c -- but check me?
September 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I would not have gotten the direction of this chart right (US petrochemical feedstock supply, specifically from petroleum) but as soon as I thought about it, it clicked. Pretty sure this shows the big shift from oil to ngas-derived feedstocks for plastics &c -- but check me?
lolol I WFH today but I did find some old pics so here it is in its rickety glory
(yes, I used light-up bricks for the boiler)
(yes, I used light-up bricks for the boiler)
September 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
lolol I WFH today but I did find some old pics so here it is in its rickety glory
(yes, I used light-up bricks for the boiler)
(yes, I used light-up bricks for the boiler)
My advice about mail surveys and PhDs is the same: don’t do them (unless you have to)
August 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
My advice about mail surveys and PhDs is the same: don’t do them (unless you have to)
just saw a proposal to use LLMs to do grounded theory
July 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
just saw a proposal to use LLMs to do grounded theory
Here's a ~45-60 year old coal plant that, a week before its 4-years-in-the-making planned shutdown, received an emergency order from Trump's DOE to stay open for the summer. You can see the (tiny, probably extremely expensive) little coal pile they've had to rebuild.
JH Campbell, 1.4 GW, Michigan.
JH Campbell, 1.4 GW, Michigan.
July 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Here's a ~45-60 year old coal plant that, a week before its 4-years-in-the-making planned shutdown, received an emergency order from Trump's DOE to stay open for the summer. You can see the (tiny, probably extremely expensive) little coal pile they've had to rebuild.
JH Campbell, 1.4 GW, Michigan.
JH Campbell, 1.4 GW, Michigan.
Bald eagles kind of fuck me up because I’m old enough and young enough that there was a real chance I might never see a wild one. But we Decided To Try (tm) and now there are 2 flying around my house.
Anyway we should probably Decide To Try (harder) on a lot of things rn
Anyway we should probably Decide To Try (harder) on a lot of things rn
June 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Bald eagles kind of fuck me up because I’m old enough and young enough that there was a real chance I might never see a wild one. But we Decided To Try (tm) and now there are 2 flying around my house.
Anyway we should probably Decide To Try (harder) on a lot of things rn
Anyway we should probably Decide To Try (harder) on a lot of things rn
Here’s how much this glacier has retreated since my best friend convinced me that actually climate change *is* a big deal (for which I’m eternally grateful)
May 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Here’s how much this glacier has retreated since my best friend convinced me that actually climate change *is* a big deal (for which I’m eternally grateful)
Pretty sure we just saw a hydrogen flame at the Gary Works?
April 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Pretty sure we just saw a hydrogen flame at the Gary Works?
This is my newest problem set question, with the pedagogical goal of: “does that order of magnitude seem plausible?”
March 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is my newest problem set question, with the pedagogical goal of: “does that order of magnitude seem plausible?”
I’m a steel-in-the-ground guy as my theory of change so here is my (third) new solar inverter
February 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I’m a steel-in-the-ground guy as my theory of change so here is my (third) new solar inverter
Merry Christmas from The Buns
December 25, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Merry Christmas from The Buns
For funsies, can anyone guess what this picture shows?
December 19, 2024 at 5:28 PM
For funsies, can anyone guess what this picture shows?
Possibly more astonishing: here's an image from outside (it was 7F) showing that our replacement windows are nearly thermally invisible -- they're wooden replacements + storms using super thin double panes to keep the historic profile, versus the aluminum ~80s era replacements we took out (2/)
December 19, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Possibly more astonishing: here's an image from outside (it was 7F) showing that our replacement windows are nearly thermally invisible -- they're wooden replacements + storms using super thin double panes to keep the historic profile, versus the aluminum ~80s era replacements we took out (2/)
For a little joy, here's #ThermalCameraThursday. To start, here's a thermal image of the new windows in the room where my bunnies live, where the second image has one partially open to the old windows, which we kept as storms. The year before the new windows it ranged from 19-95F in there (1/)
December 19, 2024 at 5:28 PM
For a little joy, here's #ThermalCameraThursday. To start, here's a thermal image of the new windows in the room where my bunnies live, where the second image has one partially open to the old windows, which we kept as storms. The year before the new windows it ranged from 19-95F in there (1/)
I see I’ve arrived at the “Reddit is promoting an investment vehicle that allows me to be agnostic about whether climate change is real” circle of hell
November 25, 2024 at 5:36 AM
I see I’ve arrived at the “Reddit is promoting an investment vehicle that allows me to be agnostic about whether climate change is real” circle of hell
Lead abatement radicalized me* (*lol it did not, I’ve been radicalized for a while) re: limate adaptation / remediation. My household is unambiguously high risk / priority and yet it comes down to me spending $1000s and 100s of hours in a tyvek suit. Our adaptation strategy is “be rich, good luck.”
November 22, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Lead abatement radicalized me* (*lol it did not, I’ve been radicalized for a while) re: limate adaptation / remediation. My household is unambiguously high risk / priority and yet it comes down to me spending $1000s and 100s of hours in a tyvek suit. Our adaptation strategy is “be rich, good luck.”
Here’s a particularly bad one:
November 19, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Here’s a particularly bad one:
Eagerly awaiting my check for my future sequestration of carbon, form of landfilling this plastic
(Show me what lead remediation looks like? This is what lead remediation looks like!)
(Show me what lead remediation looks like? This is what lead remediation looks like!)
November 18, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Eagerly awaiting my check for my future sequestration of carbon, form of landfilling this plastic
(Show me what lead remediation looks like? This is what lead remediation looks like!)
(Show me what lead remediation looks like? This is what lead remediation looks like!)
Shit, sorry, Indiana. I have a bit of a history of being followed by droughts. Went to go see the sandhill cranes and was pretty stunned by how low their pond was…
November 18, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Shit, sorry, Indiana. I have a bit of a history of being followed by droughts. Went to go see the sandhill cranes and was pretty stunned by how low their pond was…
Wednesday bun posting
September 18, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Wednesday bun posting