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The Las Vegas Valleyis
a metropolitan areain the southern
partof the U.S. stateof Nevada, andis the heart of the Las
Vegas-
Paradise NV MSA also known as the
Las VegasParadiseHendersonMSA. The valley is known for its
extensivegaming, shopping, fine
dining, and outdoor activities. Outdoorlighting displays are
everywhere on
the many tourist destination buildings
in the area.
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Las Vegas, which bills itself asThe Entertainment Capital of
the
World, is famous for the number
of casino resorts and associated
entertainment. As seen from
space, Las Vegas is the brightestcity in the world.
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The Las Vegas Strip is the brightest
place on Earth when seen from space
Photographs of Earth taken from
the International Space Stationreveal that the world's major
cities
are, not surprisingly, the brightest
spots on Earth. The biggestoffender by far, though, is Las
Vegas.
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However, what truly is surprisingis that these lights that can
beseen from space are only the light
that is travelling from the Earth upto the sky. This is light
that isactually pointed upward that no
one on Earth can actually see,and is therefore wasted
energy.
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Electricity
About 25% of the electric power fromHoover Dam goes to Nevada,
and
about 70% of power to Southern
Nevada comes from natural gas firedpower stations.
NV Energy has provided Nevada with
safe, reliable energy for more than 100years and remains
committed to being
the premier provider of energy for
Nevada.
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The company provides electricity to 2.4
million Nevadans and a state tourist
population that exceeds 50 million. Its
nearly 46,000-square-mile service territorystretches north to
south from Elko to
Laughlin. Additionally, the company
provides natural gas to more than 145,000citizens in the
Reno-Sparks area.
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Environmental impact of electricity
generation
The environmental impact ofelectricity generationis
significant
because modern society uses large
amounts of electrical power. Thispower is normally generatedat
power
plantsthat convert some other kind of
energy into electrical power. Eachsystem has advantages and
disadvantages, but many of them
pose environmental concerns.
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Using energy more efficiently through
more efficient end-uses or through more
efficient generation, such as combinedheat and power, reduces
the amount of
fuel required to produce a unit of energy
output and reduces the correspondingemissions of pollutants and
greenhouse
gases. Electricity from renewable
resources such as solar, geothermal, and
wind technologies generally does not
contribute to climate change or local air
pollution since no fuels are combusted in
these processes.
