by David Brooks | Aug 12, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
When it comes to hydropower, we’re pulled in two ways at once. We want more of this renewable electricity but we also want our rivers to be as natural as possible. Good luck doing both. “Dams are loved by some and hated by others,” is how Shannon Ames puts it. Ames...
by David Brooks | Aug 9, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
April 8, 2024, is now officially Solar Eclipse Day in New Hampshire, marking the couple hours when a total eclipse of the sun will be visible in northern Coos County. The Legislature passed the law and Gov. Sununu signed it recently. The new law notes that a total...
by David Brooks | Aug 9, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
A Tesla Model S Plaid will take part in the 2021 Mt. Washington Hillclimb, where 80 cars try to go up the 7.6-mile, 4,618 vertical feet road as fast as possible. According to this post/video, it will be the first electric car to participate. (But see the first comment...
by David Brooks | Aug 6, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
(This story isn’t exactly geeky but I thought it would appeal to geeks, who often dream of becoming hermits. It was prompted by an ongoing situation with a guy who was forced out of his off-grid woodsy cabin; I won’t link to any stories because it’s...
by David Brooks | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Concord has a goal of making sure 100% of electricity consumed in the city comes from renewable energy sources in just nine years. This seemed a bit of a stretch when the council adopted it in 2018, yet in light of dire warnings from the latest climate-change report,...
by David Brooks | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Aug. 1 to Aug. 8. *** Allegro MicroSystems Assigned Patent for Gate Driver Isolating Circuit Allegro MicroSystems, Manchester, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 11,082,038,...