by David Brooks | May 14, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Non-wires alternatives is a slightly goofy term for an admirable idea: Figuring out ways to strengthen or improve the power grid without building more expensive towers and substations and, yes, wires. It can involve using less electricity via demand response or...
by David Brooks | May 14, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
From an ecological point of view, lawns suck. We use up water, waste fuel on mowing, and spread too much fertilizer & herbicide to create a monoculture that’s of use to almost nothing. Although I admit that a green well trimmed lawn looks awesome, perhaps...
by David Brooks | May 14, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
(It’s already back, but the URL is different: https://www.nh.gov/almanac/index.htm) For a certain segment of the state population, something alarming happened on the Internet recently: The New Hampshire Almanac disappeared. The almanac, if you’ve never...
by David Brooks | May 14, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Bicycles aren’t really geeky – unless they’re electric, autonomous, GPS-enabled and/or use a hydrogen fuel cell, of course – but there’s something so steampunky about those gears and chains that I think it’s reasonable for me to...
by David Brooks | May 14, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: Scientists with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire have developed a method to estimate the abundance of New England cottontail populations. The noninvasive method provides an important tool in...
by David Brooks | May 9, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire, of course, is home to the first and probably most famous case of alien abduction – Betty and Barney Hill’s tale of being taken up into a spaceship near Franconia Notch back in 1961. We’ve got an official monument for the event, and...