by David Brooks | Dec 12, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
This is one of two stories that are part of my search for the oldest operating solar panels in New Hampshire. If you know of a photovoltaic (solar electricity, not solar hot water) system in NH that has been operating continuously since before 1985, email me:...
by David Brooks | Dec 12, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
This is one of two stories in today’s Concord Monitor that are part of my search for the oldest operating solar panels in New Hampshire. The other story is here. There’s a warm, fuzzy feeling that schools get when they put solar panels on the roof, becoming all...
by David Brooks | Dec 11, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
University of New Hampshire researchers will monitor New Hampshire’s snowpack in real time this winter using snow scales installed at UNH’s Kingman Research Farm, a facility of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. This monitoring will lead to better...
by David Brooks | Dec 10, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
With the value of the digital money known as bitcoin going crazy in recent months – it could easily increase by $10 in the time it takes you to read this story – bitcoin-friendly businesses have been faced with a dilemma: How do you set prices using a currency that...
by David Brooks | Dec 10, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
In a story Saturday I mentioned claims about global energy usage for bitcoin “mining” – using computers to churn through complicated math computations to create new bitcoin. I used the parallel that it requires more energy than all of Ireland, one of...
by David Brooks | Dec 8, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
In all the years that Science Cafe New Hampshire has put on events, some dealing with controversial topics like climate change and vaccinations, only one time have we had to scold audience members for being obnoxious: When we talked about public water fluoridation....