by David Brooks | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Schools are an obvious place to put solar panels, since they use most of their power during the day and have big, flat roofs. But upfront funding is a problem. A national database (here) lists 19 New Hampshire schools with installed solar, a couple of them private but...
by David Brooks | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Eversource is rolling out a program where it uses quadracopter drones to do some transmission-line inspections. As I note in my story (read it here) these are replacements for helicopter inspections because they have to flown within line of sight of the ground...
by David Brooks | Sep 5, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Awards, drew a standing-room-only crowd to Science Cafe NH in Concord last night – in fact, we had to turn a few people away. I can’t take notes while moderating so I can’t give you a blow-by-blow of the two...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
People tend to over-estimate how much electricity is put out by solar panels, so I was very dubious when I heard that a 29-unit apartment complex coming to West Lebanon would get all of its energy, including heating and cooling, strictly from panels on the building....
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Five years after the invasive insect known as the emerald ash borer was first spotted in Concord, it has spread so far throughout the state that officials may end the quarantine which tried to contain it. The move would not be a surprise since scores of other states...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
For the last four* years I’ve been a pretty regular interviewee on the Tuesday broadcast of All Things Considered on New Hampshire Public Radio, talking about my column in the paper that week. It’s a labor-non-intensive way (and free – no money...
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