filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 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-square352fedilinkarrow-up1991 cross-posted to: ghazi
arrow-up1991external-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 · 5 months agomessage-square352fedilink cross-posted to: ghazi
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 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-up6·5 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-up10·edit-25 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-up2·5 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-up4·4 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.