by David Brooks | Jun 10, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
All over the country – in much of the world, in fact – there’s a logjam of renewable-energy projects trying to get connected to the grid. Basically the problem is that the system in most countries was built for the old grid, where power went one way...
by David Brooks | Jun 10, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Several readers have emailed me in the past week or two, asking why their pine trees look so crummy. This is the answer, from the state: White pine trees in New Hampshire have been dropping needles, but that is to be expected after last year’s rainy late spring and...
by David Brooks | Jun 7, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
An analysis of US births of babies conceived during the pandemic lockdown says births fell 3.7 percent, on average, across all states but fell an estimated 16% in New Hampshire, more than any other state. Notably, the report says that while births fell sharply as the...
by David Brooks | Jun 6, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
If you want to win a bar bet, try this question: Where’s the closest nuclear reactor? People will say Seabrook, of course, but depending on where you are in the state, the answer might actually be Lowell, Mass. (Check distances on a map before making the bet.) This...
by David Brooks | Jun 5, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
NOTE: Hunting through old blog items, I found this piece from 2016. I thought it was entertaining enough to rerun Don’t you just hate software licenses and the way they mean you don’t really own the things you buy? Of course you do, and you also think...
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