Comment by albertgoeswoof

I found it absolutely shocking that Furnace Creek has a (well-watered) golf course and a whole bunch of air conditioned hotel rooms, despite being in a clearly inhabitable location. Exiting a fully air conditioned room at 20 degrees into 45+ degrees heat feels like literally like opening a furnace door. The sheer waste of energy to keep that hotel cooled down to those temperatures and golf-course playable year-round is just ridiculous.