by David Brooks | May 16, 2017 | Blog
Probably due to the adaption of LED lighting, electricity use in the U.S. is declining, separate from the bigger economic picture. The question is whether it will last, and this article from UCal-Berkeley says it’s too early to tell, if for no other reason than...
by David Brooks | May 15, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
In the latest installment of their interesting collaboration, Vermont’s Green Mountain Power and Tesla have announced a low price for home backup batteries ($15 per month) with the utility hoping to recoup the cost partly by linking all the batteries into a...
by David Brooks | May 12, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Terminology can have different meanings in different scientific disciplines … which is why I was very excited to read this Vermont Public Radio story about a freak storm in Rutland, Vt., that was partly caused by gravity waves. Gravity waves?! Cool! Alas, turns...
by David Brooks | May 12, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The New Hampshire state Senate on Thursday put the kibosh on one of the silliest (IMHO) ideas floating around these days: Improving our health and productivity by moving coastal New England states into Atlantic standard time, the zone used by Nova Scotia and most...
by David Brooks | May 11, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
This story ran in the May 10, 2017 Concord Monitor: Internet providers in New Hampshire would have to alert customers before selling information about their online practices under a proposal that seeks to replicate at the state level internet privacy regulations that...
by David Brooks | May 11, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Deaths in New Hampshire and two other New England states rose by 5 percent and hospital emergency visits rose by 7.5 percent during hot weather spells that seem likely to increase in frequency. The results come from a study published this week in the...
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