by David Brooks | Nov 30, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Seniors – people in my age group – are often an obstacle to intelligent town planning. We don’t like change and we’re afraid that weird things like bike lanes and housing that’s different than single-family homes on big lots will...
by David Brooks | Nov 29, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
If there’s one thing you want when heading into the backcountry in winter, it’s predictability. But that one thing is becoming harder to get. “We’re finding in the last five years that (it is) much harder to get accurate longer-range forecasts due to the weather...
by David Brooks | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The US Patent Service has changed the way it reports patents and we can no longer include direct links to each patent. You can find them here, using the patent number. By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire...
by David Brooks | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Bloomberg has an article (here it is) about tearing down Vermont Yankee. Apparently it’s going better than planned – the site may be ready for redevelopment by late 2026, four years earlier than planned. This detail surprised me: “There’s 1.2 million...
by David Brooks | Nov 23, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Vermont is a tiny auto market and its decisions have little national repercussions but this (as reported by the VT DIgger via Valley News) is still impressive – it may join the program adopted by California in August: State regulators are on the cusp of adopting...
by David Brooks | Nov 22, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Interesting project at UMaine. (Full story here) The 600-square-foot prototype features 3D-printed floors, walls and roof of wood fibers and bio-resins. The house is fully recyclable and highly insulated with 100% wood insulation and customizable R-values....