Everyone who have been to the Vatican City will know that the buildings are really old but well maintained with a museum full of beautiful artifacts and the much talked about painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo. No impression? Click on the link I provide and you will know who and what I am talking about.
But the fact that I am talking about it here is not because of those paintings etc, I want to talk about them going solar.
The Vatican City is spending 660 million dollars to install solar to power all of its 40,000 households in the nation. This is really interesting because for an old school kind of nation with such a rich history, they are really very forward looking.
On top of the solar panels, the Vatican is reducing their greenhouse emissions by probably using an electric powered transport for the Pope and the Vatican cafeteria will soon be decked with a solar heating system to provide heating and cooling, and even the Pope’s summer residence is being fitted out to get power from the methane generated by the horse stables.
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