filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoLas Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat | PC Gamerwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square441fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down147 cross-posted to: ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up1969arrow-down1external-linkLas Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat | PC Gamerwww.pcgamer.comfilister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square441fedilink cross-posted to: ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·27 days agoIts one of the smaller atrocities in Vegas, particularly when compared to the Bellagio Fountain or the food waste generated by all those casino dining halls.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·27 days agoThe fountains aren’t quite as wasteful as they seem. They use a lot of water compared to a house, but way less than some car washes.
minus-squareCompostMaterial@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·27 days agoPlus it is recycled. They would only replace what is lost due to evaporation or after a drain and cleaning.
minus-squareCorgana@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-227 days agoI looked it up (because the air is very dry in Nevada) and about 32,000 gallons of water per day are evaporated at the Bellagio fountains. Source: The Las Vegas Sun An average car wash uses 40 gallons per car and washes a hundred cars per day: Source
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·27 days agoA car wash uses 80 gallons per car. The car wash by my office probably washes a thousand cars a day.
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·27 days agoCar washes recycle water, too.
Its one of the smaller atrocities in Vegas, particularly when compared to the Bellagio Fountain or the food waste generated by all those casino dining halls.
The fountains aren’t quite as wasteful as they seem. They use a lot of water compared to a house, but way less than some car washes.
Plus it is recycled. They would only replace what is lost due to evaporation or after a drain and cleaning.
I looked it up (because the air is very dry in Nevada) and about 32,000 gallons of water per day are evaporated at the Bellagio fountains.
Source: The Las Vegas Sun
An average car wash uses 40 gallons per car and washes a hundred cars per day: Source
A car wash uses 80 gallons per car. The car wash by my office probably washes a thousand cars a day.
Car washes recycle water, too.