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Las 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 Gamer (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] fukurthumz420@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (3 children)

even deserts host life. it's kind of a ecological misnomer that we could just cover the deserts of the world in solar panels. that would have serious repercussions.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

What repercussions could covering a few acres more in the mojave with solar panels have?

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Also, the ocean is a desert with its life underground and the perfect disguise above.

[–] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Honestly if we could get space elevators figured out, the best place to put solar panels would be in the upper atmosphere. Tethered to the ground by massive columns that feed the energy they collect to massive capacitors on the ground?