filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months 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-square440fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down147
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.comfilister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square440fedilink
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·6 months 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-down1·6 months 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-26 months 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-down1·6 months 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-up4·6 months agoCar washes recycle water, too.
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.