by David Brooks | Mar 10, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
There is no aspect of inflation that gets shoved in our faces like gasoline prices. But why? Why are gasoline and diesel the only products that have to announce their up-to-date price on signs so big you can’t ignore them if you tried? Buying gas is certainly a big...
by David Brooks | Mar 10, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
As a further sign of changes happening to the electric grid, non-traditional power sources – solar and wind generation, energy storage and reduction in demand resources – accounted for 15% of all power production that won the latest futures auction in New England....
by David Brooks | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
March 8, 2022, marks the 100 th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Henry Baer in Pirmasens, Germany. Baer would go on to create seminal electronic devices, toys, and gadgets., including his groundbreaking conceptualization and work in what was to become the modern...
by David Brooks | Mar 8, 2022 | Newsletter
Chances are pretty good that you, dear reader, are slowly – or maybe quickly – “moving on” from the pandemic as the state’s COVID-19 numbers keep improving. Unless, that is, you live with a rug rat or two. The lack of a vaccine for under-5-year-olds has parents and...
by David Brooks | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
When my wife and I got a Prius a half-dozen years ago we became those annoying people who pay very close attention to their gas mileage, and we quickly realized that New Hampshire winters do a number on MPG. On average, the January mileage in our gas-electric hybrid...
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