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Daily newspaper reporter for 44 years & counting. Concord Monitor (New Hampshire, the Granite State). Sci/tech, business, energy, environment. Granite Geek blog & newsletter since 2006: granitegeek.org. [email protected]. he/him
The highlighted sentence is key: Solar is *fast* to build
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The highlighted sentence is key: Solar is *fast* to build
Darnit, you just made tonight's after-work gym session that much harder. I'll have to fall back on my Charles Atlas daydream
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Darnit, you just made tonight's after-work gym session that much harder. I'll have to fall back on my Charles Atlas daydream
I assume this is some data glych, since the last coal plant in New England recently shut - unless they're doing something at the plant to prep for shutdown that requires a very small power release.
www.iso-ne.com/isoexpress/
www.iso-ne.com/isoexpress/
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I assume this is some data glych, since the last coal plant in New England recently shut - unless they're doing something at the plant to prep for shutdown that requires a very small power release.
www.iso-ne.com/isoexpress/
www.iso-ne.com/isoexpress/
NH says "hold my Saturday morning cartoon drink"
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
NH says "hold my Saturday morning cartoon drink"
The person running Wired's newsletters has had enough.
November 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The person running Wired's newsletters has had enough.
"Readability shmeadability" grumbled the aging ink-stained wretch as he filed his story unchanged
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"Readability shmeadability" grumbled the aging ink-stained wretch as he filed his story unchanged
I had no idea Montreal is building an electric, automated street-rail system.
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I had no idea Montreal is building an electric, automated street-rail system.
That's not good news for the U.S. Midwest, one of the world's great breadbaskets:
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
That's not good news for the U.S. Midwest, one of the world's great breadbaskets:
Is your rain coming from the ocean or the land? That makes a big difference in drought risk, it seems.
today.ucsd.edu/story/new-st...
today.ucsd.edu/story/new-st...
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Is your rain coming from the ocean or the land? That makes a big difference in drought risk, it seems.
today.ucsd.edu/story/new-st...
today.ucsd.edu/story/new-st...
UNH launches a "reimagined" journalism major. They cut the major last year as the GOP state government keeps undermining support.
It's got to be tough to teach about an industry that is dissolving and reforming anew almost every day.
It's got to be tough to teach about an industry that is dissolving and reforming anew almost every day.
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
UNH launches a "reimagined" journalism major. They cut the major last year as the GOP state government keeps undermining support.
It's got to be tough to teach about an industry that is dissolving and reforming anew almost every day.
It's got to be tough to teach about an industry that is dissolving and reforming anew almost every day.
Interesting aside in NY Times story about asteroids hitting the moon.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Interesting aside in NY Times story about asteroids hitting the moon.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
The newsroom purge isn't complete yet, I guess. This looks like a fine package:
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The newsroom purge isn't complete yet, I guess. This looks like a fine package:
Very clever! This is from one of several Wired stories on "whither AI"
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Very clever! This is from one of several Wired stories on "whither AI"
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
Alas, the click wheel on my HP-branded iPod (a short-lived teamup) has stopped working. I keep it for the same reason grandad kept his crystal radio set: nostalgia.
October 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Alas, the click wheel on my HP-branded iPod (a short-lived teamup) has stopped working. I keep it for the same reason grandad kept his crystal radio set: nostalgia.
I haven't seen wind over 1000 MW in New England for a while. The record from ISO-NE is a little under 1400. I don't know how much Vineyard Wind (the offshore farm off Nantucket) is producing these days.
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I haven't seen wind over 1000 MW in New England for a while. The record from ISO-NE is a little under 1400. I don't know how much Vineyard Wind (the offshore farm off Nantucket) is producing these days.
Common sense energy policy doesn't cling to expensive, outdated agendas.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
October 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Common sense energy policy doesn't cling to expensive, outdated agendas.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Space-based solar is a wonderful concept, but ...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Space-based solar is a wonderful concept, but ...
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This doesn't get old. (Sixth year with rooftop solar)
September 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This doesn't get old. (Sixth year with rooftop solar)
Desperate times (leaf-peeping season) call for desperate measures.
NH State Parks is setting up a one-way hiking trail to a easy overlook that has been mobbed in recent autumns. It's the first in the White Mountains, so far as I know.
NH State Parks is setting up a one-way hiking trail to a easy overlook that has been mobbed in recent autumns. It's the first in the White Mountains, so far as I know.
September 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Desperate times (leaf-peeping season) call for desperate measures.
NH State Parks is setting up a one-way hiking trail to a easy overlook that has been mobbed in recent autumns. It's the first in the White Mountains, so far as I know.
NH State Parks is setting up a one-way hiking trail to a easy overlook that has been mobbed in recent autumns. It's the first in the White Mountains, so far as I know.
When the text doesn't do hyphenation
September 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
When the text doesn't do hyphenation
While waiting for a second pulse test I read the literature more closely and discovered that there are some very rare blood types I'd never heard of:
September 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
While waiting for a second pulse test I read the literature more closely and discovered that there are some very rare blood types I'd never heard of:
Somebody hit "enter" a little too early on this email blast.
September 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Somebody hit "enter" a little too early on this email blast.
I meme-ified the lede of my latest column.
granitegeek.concordmonitor.com/2025/09/17/i...
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September 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I meme-ified the lede of my latest column.
granitegeek.concordmonitor.com/2025/09/17/i...
granitegeek.concordmonitor.com/2025/09/17/i...
I've gone to my local movie theater so long that the owner knows I like Heath candy bars. His distributor stopped carrying them a year ago so every time I'm there he says, "Sorry, don't have any Heath bars."
Next time I go I'll respond "Yes, you do!" and slap this baby on the counter. Can't wait.
Next time I go I'll respond "Yes, you do!" and slap this baby on the counter. Can't wait.
September 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I've gone to my local movie theater so long that the owner knows I like Heath candy bars. His distributor stopped carrying them a year ago so every time I'm there he says, "Sorry, don't have any Heath bars."
Next time I go I'll respond "Yes, you do!" and slap this baby on the counter. Can't wait.
Next time I go I'll respond "Yes, you do!" and slap this baby on the counter. Can't wait.