by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire Bulletin, a new statewide online news organization staffed by some experienced former newspaper reporters and editors, has a good story about the esoteric topic of how a statewide energy data hub could make creating a 21st-century power system easier....
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Regular readers will know I’m a big fan of manufactured lumber, a.k.a cross-laminated timber (CLT) or engineered wood. It’s basically a way to glue together smaller pieces of timber to create wooden beams which can replace a lot of steel and even concrete...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Marlboro College was a classic small liberal-arts New England college, tucked in a small (1,000 people) Vermont town. It’s also classic in that it went bust, as I fear many such schools will do as the demographic collapse continues. The story of what will happen...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
As you probably know, New Hampshire was a leader in the lottery game, approving the nation’s first state-run lottery in 1964, back when tickets cost $3 and the winning number was based on horse race results at Rockingham Park. With the rate of COVID-19 vaccinations...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The region has more than enough electricity production to meet demand this summer under typical or extreme weather conditions, according to the organization that oversees New England’s power grid. In its annual forecast for the summer, ISO-New England says it expects...
by David Brooks | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 3 in Connecticut shut Monday, as had long been planned. The 400-MW unit had been in operation for 53 years. That leaves Merrimack Station in Bow as the last coal-burning plant producing electricity in New England. There are still...