@filister to TechnologyEnglish • 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-square441arrow-up11.02Karrow-down147 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1970arrow-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.com@filister to TechnologyEnglish • 28 days agomessage-square441 cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@chiliedogglinkEnglish7•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-square@CompostMateriallinkEnglish6•27 days agoPlus it is recycled. They would only replace what is lost due to evaporation or after a drain and cleaning.
minus-squareCorganalinkfedilinkEnglish11•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-square@chiliedogglinkEnglish1•27 days agoA car wash uses 80 gallons per car. The car wash by my office probably washes a thousand cars a day.
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.