filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-square411fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square411fedilink
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWe’ll also ignore the fact that that solar could have been used to offset actual needs instead of this BS.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIf only Las Vegas were located somewhere that the sun shines almost all day every day. \s
minus-squareCommanderCloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI highly doubt the operating hours of this ball of decadence match the time when solar power peaks
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoAnd yet they still couldn’t cover the last 30%.
minus-square__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThat’s probably at night
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoRegardless, that energy could be going to offset other energy currently being produced by non-renewables no matter which way you slice it.
minus-square Morphit @feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoSo build concentrated solar power and store the heat for after the sun sets. Bonus - thermal power plant turbines give inertia to the grid, which photo-voltaics don’t.
We’ll also ignore the fact that that solar could have been used to offset actual needs instead of this BS.
If only Las Vegas were located somewhere that the sun shines almost all day every day. \s
I highly doubt the operating hours of this ball of decadence match the time when solar power peaks
And yet they still couldn’t cover the last 30%.
That’s probably at night
Regardless, that energy could be going to offset other energy currently being produced by non-renewables no matter which way you slice it.
So build concentrated solar power and store the heat for after the sun sets. Bonus - thermal power plant turbines give inertia to the grid, which photo-voltaics don’t.