by David Brooks | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
There are enough power plants, power lines and systems in place to provide all the electricity that New England will need this winter, according to the organization that operates the six-state electric grid. ISO New England said Wednesday the grid can meet demand,...
by David Brooks | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Here is my Concord Monitor column this week (Nov. 27): This column will discuss the way a major climate model is overly pessimistic about the coming disappearance of snow and skiing from New Hampshire due to climate change. In other words, it’s a bit of good news...
by David Brooks | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
In the 1950s and 1960s, a ton of little ski areas opened through New England: Any farmer with a big slanted field would haul an old Ford engine to the top and make a rope tow, trying to get a few bucks in the winter. Virtually all of them shut down in the 1970s...
by David Brooks | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
One of the biocontrol successes of recent years involves the fungus Entomophaga maimaiga, which was introduced into the U.S. to control the gypsy moth caterpillar. It has worked pretty well, turning a forest-destroying scourge into an occasionally irritating pest. But...
by David Brooks | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Segway occupies a weird space in the history of New Hampshire industry. The self-balancing vehicle developed by Dean Kamen and his merry band of R&D elves at DEKA in Manchester in 2001 may be the best-known invention ever to come out of the state, but it’s...
by David Brooks | Nov 27, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Big, empty military bases always produce lots of big ideas for reuse. Here’s a big idea for the former Loring Air Force Base in northern Maine: Turn it into a spaceport. The Brunwick Daily News reports (read the whole thing here) that the proposal would...