by David Brooks | Jun 14, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The low price of natural gas is clobbering every other fuel for electric power plants – nuclear, coal, whathaveyou – and biomass is no exception (as Concord Steam found out). One of the groups being hit is loggers, who can no longer sell low-grade wood for...
by David Brooks | Jun 14, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
This story of mine ran in today’s Concord Monitor. I had a blast with it – my family has long wondered “why are trails in other parts of the country easier than in New Hampshire?”, so I got a chance to answer it. The next time you find yourself...
by David Brooks | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The Portland Press-Herald reports that the Maine state Senate has “effectively tabled” a bill that would let the state switch to Atlantic Standard Time if Massachusetts and New Hampshire decided to do it, as well. The main selling point: No daylight...
by David Brooks | Jun 12, 2017 | Blog
Fresh-water invasive weeds, of which milfoil is the most common culprit but far from the only one in New Hampshire , don’t and walk from lake to lake – we carry them. And often we carry them on boats or the trailers hauling boats. That’s why New...
by David Brooks | Jun 8, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire is one of the most bitcoin-happy states in the country on a per capita basis, thanks largely to the libertarian, all-government-is-bad group called the Free State Project. The group (seduced, like so many have been, by our “Live Free or Die”...
by David Brooks | Jun 8, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Twitter is mostly useless, but occasionally it’s very useful, as I found out this week responding to a thread about dung beetles
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