HankB:
"...and needed to turn them over to some historians . . . so what was formerly underwater (where nobody could see them) could be filed away in a drawer someplace (where almost nobody would see them.)
Hilarious !
Rocket Man
"Las Vegas gets all their power from the Hoover Dam. What's going to happen to Vegas when they have to start cutting back on electrical consumption?"
Mechanical slot machines and cash only?
Surveillance by little old ladies hanging around instead of overhead cameras?
People in bathing suits since no A/C? (Corollary? Nekkid showgirls?)
Getting water to upper floors by bucket and rope?
(I can't understand the "all their power from the Hoover Dam" thing. Are they totally isolated from the U.S. Grid?)
... and solar panels. They get lots of sunshine out there in the desert.
Dream on. Tops, about 700 watts per square meter at 100% efficiency and low latitudes and daytime only.
And doesn't anyone think of the impact of all that shaded ground under the collectors (or mirrors)? A lot of heat would be transported away to other locales.
Might be a good thing but my inner nature tells me probably not.
Terry, 230RN