by David Brooks | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The largest rooftop solar array in New Hampshire was unveiled on Wednesday and is going to make a big impact on the state. But not for the right reason. “Just to put it in perspective … these 3,400 panels will add an entire 1% to New Hampshire’s total fleet of...
by David Brooks | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s nothing new about growing produce for New England markets inside a big greenhouse, but the huge expansion coming to Loudon’s high-tech hydroponic operation reflects not only the industry’s growth but also this unavoidable fact: California is a long way...
by David Brooks | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Capitalism is incredibly effective because it makes all decisions based on one quantifiable measurement: The dollar cost of an action and potential return. Nothing else matters. In my lifetime this hyper-focused approach has overwhelmed all competing economic systems...
by David Brooks | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The NH Geological Survey has an interesting online project called the Stone Wall Mapper that wants to map all the tens of thousands of miles of stone walls in the state. But the project doesn’t involve crawling around with a GPS – it finds walls on LIDAR...
by David Brooks | Sep 27, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
UPDATE: A letter-writer to the Monitor pointed out that burning wood for heat (as Concord’s downtown did fairly recently, until Concord Steam went belly-up) is a renewable option for the new school that I didn’t mention. As if building a new school wasn’t...
by David Brooks | Sep 24, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Before COVID brought antivax group-think to the far-right authoritarian crowd it was mostly found in the far-left back-to-the-earth set. It’s still there: Seven Days has a good piece (read it here) about an independent publishing house in Vermont that is happily...