by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
ISO New England, the folks who run the six-stage power grid, says the solar eclipse removed about 700 MW of solar power, or roughly a third of total PV output, at its height. That’s not musch out of total production by all power plants of almost 20,000 MW. This...
by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The American Automobile Association, which calls itself just AAA these days, has released its annual “total cost of ownership” study for various types of vehicles, tallying up not just the purchase price but also maintenance and repair, depreciation and...
by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
I followed up this week on a press release that Granite Geek printed last week concerning UNH research seeking to develop a variant of quinoa which can grow in New Hampshire. Regardless of your opinion of hipsters’ favorite grain (quinoa is pretty good, if you...
by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2017 | Newsletter
Dave Solomon on the Union-Leader puts his finger on New Hampshire’s central political issue following the move by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to up the ante: The Granite State’s participation in RGGI has often been controversial at the State House,...
by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s a tussle going on between the governor and the Fish and Game Commission over whether the state should build a public boat launch on Lake Sunapee at a site known as Wild Goose. Gov. Chris Sununu says no, and as part of the recent back-and-forth, his...
by David Brooks | Aug 22, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
In a conclusion that goes against every state-personality stereotype you can imagine, an analysis of comments posted via the Disqus software, which is used by many but far from all websites, claims that one out of every eight comments posted from Vermont is...