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by SamReidHughes 3467 days ago
It's easier when you're both in a desert and near a big dam.
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Namrog84 3467 days ago
Except to my understanding, they aren't currently using any big dam power. Though they plan to soon.
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jobu 3467 days ago
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.

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toomuchtodo 3467 days ago
Its not sustainable at current Las Vegas water consumption rates.

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

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niftich 3467 days ago
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...

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wlesieutre 3467 days ago
California also has 14x the population of Nevada, so that's not too surprising
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cjensen 3467 days ago
That's not why California gets more water. It has to do with how Water Rights in the Western US work [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior-appropriation_water_righ...

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ams6110 3467 days ago
Really? I would have thought that nearly all the power used in Las Vegas would come from the Hoover Dam.
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