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Granite Geek NH
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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
In New Hampshire, he's admired for having been a major driving force in rejuvenating the huge former textile mills along the river in Manchester, turning them into thriving yet still historically interesting sites. A great example of Urbanism in action.
December 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
But wow, that's a huge change in one year: Last year EVs were behind diesel by >200K if I'm reading this right www.ssb.no/en/transport...
Registered vehicles
Shows the structure and development of the vehicle fleet
www.ssb.no
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
You're right - I was confusing diesel and petrol from 2024
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Great! Next up: More EVs than gas/petrol cars, which will take a while.
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Now you mention it, this would solve *so many* problems
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
look at Britain right now - it's not just the US
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
second-most-famous opening line in western literature after "It was the best of times ..." - or maybe it's the first-most-famous
December 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The only Faulkner I could finish as a teen
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The highlighted sentence is key: Solar is *fast* to build
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"A decade ago, more than half the country’s electricity was produced by burning through mountains of lignite, the lowest-grade form of coal. Now, if all goes according to plan, Greece aims to shutter its last two coal-fired power plants next year and stop producing coal from most of its mines."
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
aura mucking out the stalls
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
and with recipes!
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
One of the great songs of my early high school
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I've come to realize that 95% of libertarian "philosophy" is creating high-minded excuses not to pay your taxes
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Their hairdresser, on the other hand, made a mint.
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Time to start a "War on Xmas" complaint

Just as DOGE sought efficiency in government, Xmas seeks efficiency in Christmas discussions. Think of all the labor saved by removing five letters every time the holiday is mentioned!
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM