by David Brooks | Aug 26, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
In 2013, coal generated 175 times as much electricity as solar power in the US. Within a decade, in 2022, coal was generating less than 5 times as much electricity (incl. estimated rooftop solar). So far this year, coal has generated slightly more than twice as much...
by David Brooks | Aug 25, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
WMUR reports (here) that a medical flight from a motorcycle accident in New Ipswich stayed on the ground for 10 minutes because a drone was flying nearby. Officials said they believe the drone operator saw the helicopter land and then put the drone up to investigate. ...
by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Kenzie Academy, an online boot-camp-style school for coding that was built to disrupt the stodgy old college model, has been disrupted by the next iteration of change in the field: A.I. Generative models like ChatGPT are pretty good at coding, at least superficially,...
by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Vermont’s statewide utility Green Mountain Power has been given permission to life the cap on its home-battery program, reports Canary Media. Customers who opt for the Powerwall pay the utility $55 per month for use of the battery, with no money down. The...
by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
CleanTechnica is a well-respected news site that focuses on energy and climate. It used to have much of a Tesla fancruft but has gotten much more balanced. It runs occasional pieces by outsiders and today it’s got one titled “Climate—& A Cautionary...
by David Brooks | Aug 23, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
When it comes to medical breakthroughs, my mind has always taken a techno-futuristic turn, as you would expect from the name of this column. We need swallowable robot pills! 3D-printed human tissue! Manipulated DNA! Then everything will be better. This approach is...