by David Brooks | Apr 15, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
When talking about nitrogen in the ecosystem, the problem is usually an excess caused by human activity, such as runoff into New Hampshire waterways. But on a global scale, the problem might be too little nitrogen entering the ecosystem due to the usual culprit: the...
by David Brooks | Apr 14, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
More than a decade ago, Maine said it wanted to generate 3,000 megawatts of electricity from onshore wind by 2020. That was a very aggressive goal and the state has fallen well short, even though it’s the Northeast’s leader in wind power: It generates...
by David Brooks | Apr 12, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
By Amanda Gokee, New Hampshire Bulletin: The Public Utilities Commission has approved new rates for charging electric vehicles for those in Liberty and Unitil coverage areas. The decision advances what’s called “time-of-use rates,” which means the price you pay for...
by David Brooks | Apr 12, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
My brother is something of an electronics pack rat and I often get his hand-me-downs. I’ve learned not to be surprised when gently used laptops, routers, MP3 players and the like suddenly arrive in the mail, but his most recent gift was surprising. It was an induction...
by David Brooks | Apr 10, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
A company called BluShift that wants to send small rockets into polar orbits from coastal Maine has switched plans to using a “liftboat” – a large, flat boat with long retractable legs that can be lowered to the ocean floor, stabilizing it. The...
by David Brooks | Apr 10, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
It’s a little less than two years now until a solar eclipse will zip across Coos County on April 8, 2024. The day will be an official non-holiday holiday. I’ve been writing about this since 2019 (“Time to Panic – it’s only five years...