[Fr0ntBack]

I must admit I hadn't thought of Las Vegas as a champion of sustainability, but maybe I should revise my views.

[SamReidHughes]

It's easier when you're both in a desert and near a big dam.

[Namrog84]

Except to my understanding, they aren't currently using any big dam power. Though they plan to soon.

[jobu]

Third sentence in the article:

The power flows from a mix of solar panels and hydroelectric turbines including the Hoover Dam.

It seems odd to think about hydroelectric power in a desert as a renewable resource, but it does come from snow in Colorado.

[toomuchtodo]

Its not sustainable at current Las Vegas water consumption rates.

http://www.ibtimes.com/lake-mead-water-level-drops-record-lo...

[niftich]

California is apportioned 14x more water from the Colorado Basin than Nevada, Arizona 9x more [1]. Las Vegas has implemented several water conservation measures [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact [2] https://www.brookings.edu/blog/planetpolicy/2015/05/02/5-fac...

[wlesieutre]

California also has 14x the population of Nevada, so that's not too surprising

[ams6110]

Really? I would have thought that nearly all the power used in Las Vegas would come from the Hoover Dam.

[melling]

Some of the casinos have been fighting to use solar. In the past they've been forced to buy from the state monopoly:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/switch-reaches-...

http://www.wsj.com/articles/vegas-casinos-fight-to-buy-their...

[patoGigante]

No need to revise... Las Vegas is no steward of environmental leadership.

They've been been among the fastest growing American cities since the 1980s. The impact on water useage has been substantial. ProPublica has an excellent series online: propublica.org/series/killing-the-colorado

  This is one of those issues no one wants to talk about & Vegas suburban sprawl the past 30 years is a big part of the problem. A few solar panels the city puts up is a nice try, but no dice Las Vegas!