Wow. Comparing Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the anti-Covid restrictions protests in Ottawa shows how twisted the logic circuits in your brain are.

The furnaces in Calgary are typically natural gas. I want to say 100% because as a Calgarian, I've never heard of anyone having a different type, but am leaving the possibility open. However, gas furnaces need a fan to blow the heated air through the ducting and that's where the electricity comes in. Her furace fan likely does not draw enough power on its own to hit the limit. Typically the only appliances that use 240V are full size ovens and electric clothes dryers.

The Lumia 830 is a "full-fledged" smart phone running Windows 10 that cost $400+ when it was released. Perhaps you should do a simple search before replying... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Will the ban only apply to passenger planes? What about cargo planes that your laptop is being shipped separately on? Sure, if there's a fire on those planes, not as many people are at risk, but there's still the pilots and whoever the plane may fall out of the sky onto.

I can't find the article now, but I read one recently about the popularity of EVs in Norway. They're fine in the city where they have installed a lot of charging stations, but the article talks about how the rural Norwegians are sticking with gas because of the reduced range of EVs in winter and the scare of being stranded on a country road in freezing temperatures.

My weekend trips are frequently to the mountains for a day of skiing in the winter. Where I am rental cars do not have winter tires on them and I do not go to the mountains in winter without them. I also have my ski box for carrying my gear which is not an option for rental vehicles (and I use for camping gear in the summer). EVs batteries drain faster in the winter because the battery is also used to heat it, reducing its range and causing worries about running out of charge in the winter when far from home. I would love to have a small EV for getting around town in, but I still need my gas vehicle and can't afford two.

You're missing the point. If you don't have a dedicated charging station then where do you charge your car overnight?

Assuming you're legitimately asking, despite your user name...

It's because indoor running tracks are generally short (~200m) and you are running on the curve for about 50% of it. If you run alot and always run the same way, you will build up a muscle imbalance.

I wanted a sit/stand desk at work because my knees hurt when I sit all day. My desk is too high (can't be lowered) so my chair has to be at highest and then my legs don't reach the ground. Yeah, I have one of those foot rest things, but unconsciously always move my feet onto the desk legsand this causes strain on my knees.

The company sent out an expert in ergonomics to do an assessment and I got a Varidesk that I can raise and lower as I need. The recommondation was to neither sit nor stand all day, but to switch it up back and forth every 20-30 minutes. I've been using it for over 6 months now and I really like it and have noticed a difference in reduction of aches/pains.

And your statement could also be used to argue that everyone should have music, art and drama in their curriculum all the way through high school. When I was in high school, calculus was a separate, optional course which I didn't take (but I did do art and music). I barely made it through the regular algebra/trig course. But I excelled at the stats courses I took in university and I learned logic in a philosophy course (which I think should be mandatory for everyone).

I am. If push comes to shove, most people will pick a candidate if it was mandatory to vote. It might make people give even a little thought to who they want making decisions that affect their lives. If they're really ambivalent, confused, frustrated, they have the option of spoiling their ballots. But, I suspect that will be a small minority. Instead, I think we'd actually see a better representation of what the people want.

I think it would be the reverse of what you said.

Totally agree!

Actually, that's pretty skinny for a woman 5'10" as well.

I don't have any citations and don't have the time to search right now, but a lot of research is looking at why girls lose interest in STEM much earlier than at the university entrance stage. There's been research that shows girls are interested in STEM in their early teens but by their late teens many have lost it? Why? Have they been discouraged by teachers/counsellers, peers, media? It's not an easy question to answer, if at all.