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If the turbines at the base of Hoover Dam turned at that low RPM, Vegas would still be a couple of honky tonk bars and a gas station instead of the great city it is.
Arizona and California get the lions share of the dam power.
Vegas gets about 350 MW.
The majority of Vegas power comes from natural gas fired generating plants, and a couple of coal.
NVEnergy, the company that supplies Las Vegas' electricity, leads the nation in the use of solar and geothermal renewable resources.
Like others here, I say use it all, develop the technology and we'll all be better off..............Well, except for the coal and oil producers, they stand to lose a lot of dough. Hence the source of the opposition to alternative energy sources including nuclear. The mining and oil producing interests have mucho influence in D.C. and they don't want to see anything challenge their monopolistic hold on energy production so they will fight with every tool they can muster; including lies and attacks on the challengers.
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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