filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-square433fedilinkarrow-up1960arrow-down144
arrow-up1916arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square433fedilink
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoAnd yet they still couldn’t cover the last 30%.
minus-square__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThat’s probably at night
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 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-up1arrow-down1·6 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.
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.