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Largest blue screen of death ever! (lemm.ee)

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[–] ritswd@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah, it’s amazing how much of a pass Vegas gets about the complete lack of sustainability. Like, for instance, I don’t know, having tons of thirsty tourists and gigantic pools in the middle of a freaking desert! Kinda nuts…

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Well there are plenty of reasons to throw shade at Vegas, but one thing they are doing well is water management.

https://www.watereducation.org/western-water/climate-change-turns-heat-las-vegas-water-managers-try-wring-new-savings-stretch

https://www.fox5vegas.com/2023/06/13/new-law-limits-household-water-usage/

[–] ritswd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for that, I definitely learned some. I’m not surprised that it takes some smart thinking to get this to even be remotely possible, and it’s interesting to read what smart thinking goes into it. I was at Lake Mead recently, and it was impressive to be explained how much it had receded over the past few years, and how much of a strain on it Vegas keeps putting despite the mitigation. I wonder how long before it just runs out, if it does; and what happens next.

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah it's painful seeing how low it is. I lived there back in '99 which meant I also got to drive/ride over the damn itself. Good times.

[–] FeliXTV27@feddit.ch 1 points 2 years ago

I think water-wise are LA and especially Phoenix much worse than Vegas.

[–] biddy 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The US has terrible land management in general. You build these huge sprawling cities made of low density suburbs, both wasting productive farmland in the east and isolated in the middle of the desert in the west. It's all completely nuts.

[–] zbecker@mastodon.zbecker.cc 1 points 2 years ago

@biddy @ritswd

Part of the issue is that it is illegal to build high density outside of redlined areas.