by David Brooks | Mar 29, 2016 | Blog
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory says claims rooftop solar by itself could provide 40 percent of the U.S. electricity needs. Which is cool, but what’s really interesting is that, as the above map shows, New England does really well in terms of how much...
by David Brooks | Mar 29, 2016 | Blog
New Hampshire’s per-capita CO2 emissions have fallen 25 percent from 2000 to 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Energy – better than the national average of 19 percent. Massachusetts’ figure also declined 25 percent, Vermont down 19 percent...
by David Brooks | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog
The Monitor just got a joking email – at least, I hope it’s a joke – speculating that the recent small earthquake in Warner was caused by sap being pulled out of maple trees as part of sugar season. Fracking causes earthquakes by pumping water into...
by David Brooks | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog
I started reading science fiction around the time the first Earth Day was created, so climate-related disasters have always been part of the mix. But with real climate-related disaster on the horizon, that mix is getting more potent and is getting the message across...
by David Brooks | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog
The NY Times has a story about federal approval of some Midwestern wind-power transmission lines, which shows how long and powerful they are – think Northern Pass times three or four. I’ve swiped their map above, which makes our massive proposal look kind...
by David Brooks | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog
By Targeted News Service: DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned an ornamental design patent (D751,690) developed by four co-inventors for an ornamental design for an “apparatus to control fluid flow through a tube.” The co-inventors are Bob D. Peret,...
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