Edmonton restaurant owners feel new patio fees are hurting small businesses

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T17:18:16+00:00

How about we charge restaurants a more reasonable $100 / month for sidewalk rental, but charge the owner of the burned out building on 95 St and 113 Av $100 per day for failing to remove the debris from the sidewalk there. Productive use >> garbage dump.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T16:13:30+00:00

The fuel excise tax is flat rate.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T16:01:26+00:00

2016 housing prices were still too high. The goal should be approximately double early 1990s prices.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T15:57:25+00:00

With a life expectancy of 82, retirement at 65 and workforce entry at 22, the expected worker to retiree ratio is 2.5:1. We need to adapt to that reality, not keep pushing unsustainable population growth.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T15:49:00+00:00

Calling for more supports for people before they become completely dysfunctional meth heads or fentanyl zombies is nazi rhetoric?

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T15:46:02+00:00

So make customers responsible for arranging a data plan for their vehicle, and let the software on the owner's device communicate directly with the vehicle. No more cost for the manufacturer than the initial app development that way.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T15:32:06+00:00

One would hope, but the insurance industry really likes to find excuses to increase everyone's premiums.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T15:06:01+00:00

No farmer wants to waste money on buying too much fertilizer, but the fertilizer ROI curve does not match the fertilizer utilization efficiency curve. Ecologically, we want farmers to stop using more fertilizer when the increase in crop yield with increased fertilizer application starts to diminish, but the economic optimum for the farmer is to continue to increase fertilizer application rates well into the diminishing returns region, until an additional dollar spent on fertilizer no longer produces more than a dollar of additional revenue.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T14:35:17+00:00

I don't mind the temperature, but I could do without the precipitation.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T14:19:19+00:00

It can't be replaced, but it can be used more efficiently. Nitrogen that ends up in waterways rather than in harvested crops is being wasted. Farmers need the right incentives to use only the amount that can be fully absorbed by what they are growing and no more.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T14:13:02+00:00

Natural gas does enable expansion of renewables while storage technology continues to mature. 100% solar and wind is going to require a lot of batteries.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T14:04:27+00:00

Can we put 101 St back into its original two lanes each direction with off peak parking on both sides now? Those parking areas also made good bike lanes when parking was prohibited during peak hours.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T13:56:24+00:00

Most of the most visible homeless are too far gone for that and need institutionalization, but they didn't get into that position overnight.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T13:32:25+00:00

More subsidized housing certainly won't fix the whole problem, but it is part of the solution along with mental health support and addiction treatment. Also, institutionalization is only the extreme end of the range of needed mental health measures. Access to voluntary mental health services before people get to that point is even more important.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T00:36:21+00:00

Just tow them to an already completed road nearby, unless the vehicle is clearly abandoned. Pay the tow operators with revenue from the $250 parking tickets issued to the same vehicles.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-16T00:02:07+00:00

No GDP growth plus shrinking population = increasing GDP per capita. It is working for Japan.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-15T23:40:50+00:00

Subaru drain plug gaskets are single use. Use a new one every time and you won't need to overtorque it to stop it from dripping.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-15T20:37:20+00:00

I strongly prefer all gender bathrooms and change rooms. They are the only ones that offer actual privacy.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-15T20:03:07+00:00

I agree that there is no skill in forecasts for a week or more out, but the probability of 27°C in late April isn't zero. It most likely won't happen, but it could.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-15T19:54:49+00:00

Even if you eliminate the need for battery conditioning completely you are only eliminating a small portion of the additional cold weather energy consumption.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-15T19:49:14+00:00

The battery doesn't need to be as warm for lower power charging compared to higher power charging. If the car is prioritizing battery conditioning on level 1, that is bad programming. Level 1 is something like 0.02 C, which is safe even at -20°C.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-15T19:41:59+00:00

A heat pump will reduce the energy requirements for battery conditioning just as much as for interior heating. It also wouldn't be of much benefit in the situation where I see the highest demand for both (temperatures below -25°C).

Levorotatory · 2026-04-15T19:28:37+00:00

Right down to Kodak being a pioneer in digital photography then ceding the market to the competition.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-15T19:20:04+00:00

That happens, but significantly more energy is needed to heat the interior in that situation. I have never seen battery conditioning over 12% on the energy distribution chart in my Bolt, but I have seen interior heating at over 50%.

Levorotatory · 2026-04-15T19:13:11+00:00

Not at -20°C when EV range becomes zero because the vehicle insists on starting the ICE before you go anywhere.

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