Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
The folks who bought New Hampshire’s telephone system would love to expand their broadband
Consolidated Communications has pledged to make good on where others could not: improve the operations and customer trust in the FairPoint markets it acquired in 2017. ... These new markets, particularly those in Northern New England that FairPoint itself gained via...
Helping amphibians cross the road
I’ve saved salamanders and frogs that were trapped in the window wells of my basement – does that count?
How trees can best cut carbon: Don’t just replace oil, replace steel & concrete
If you build high-rise buildings with trees, you lock away a lot of carbon. New technology makes that possible.
NH Electric Coop offers cheaper rate to charge your car, as long as you do it at night
Electric cars are an obvious new customer base for electric utilities, which are bedeviled by stagnant demand in the rest of the economy – but figuring out how to deal with EV’s erratic needs is hard.
Recent patents in New Hampshire
From controlling wind turbines to “percutaneous valve repair by reshaping and resizing right ventricle” – a little of this and a little of that.
Who would attack a century-old tree?
Fortunately, none of the trees around the State House have been damaged permanently, but this is still alarming.
A new virus is found in lynx – passed on by ticks, of course
The only state in the Northeast with a resident breeding population of lynx is Maine but they female lynx with kittens have been observed in N.H. and Vermont, which suggests an expansion of their range
Why would a slowing of the Gulf Stream raise sea levels in New England?
Sea level isn’t level, and it looks like ours is going to be even less level, rather quickly.
New Hampshire will use 15% of its VW settlement to support electric vehicles
Should we build charging stations on highways? Subsidize home charging? Subsidize at-work charging? Mail everybody in the state a parcel full of electrons? They’re looking for ideas.
In Keene, they shut down a road to help frogs
The decision by the city council was prodded by a volunteer group with the awesome name of the Salamander Brigade. Sounds like a renegade troupe of World War II soldiers.
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