Stunning Solar Solution in Spain

Peg a point for the Pope!

 

Those of you who peruse these pages perennially know that I'm not the biggest pro-papacy-pundit, but I'm also not above passing out Pope props in a post when it's appropriate.

The Vatican has become the "greenest" nation-state in the world.  With the bringing on-line of it's massive photo-voltaic array, it has surpassed Germany (the leader in such awesomeness) with it's now 200 watts/capita at peak times (DL has 80/per, but WAY more capita)

From yahoo:

"As Vatican City is the smallest state in the world, it does not exactly require a large amount of renewable energy to achieve this title. However, the city’s solar installations, which include solar panels installed on the rooftop of Paul VI’s conference hall, mean that the city can now generate enough energy to power all of its 40,000 households."

So there you go, Pope.  For the next 15 minutes, I'll look the other way on homos, AIDS, greed, molestation, the Holocaust, the Crusades . . . am I rambling? . . . and thank you for leading the charge to charge with the sun.  Small "s" . . . and a "u".

Good News! Obama to "sun-bathe"

From engadget, the White House is bending to pressure to live up to it's green message.  Following the planing of an organic garden -- like Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden -- last year, the Obamas have decided to roof the First Residence with SOLAR PANELS!!  The energy gleaned from the sun will be free (that's how it works, you see) and will heat the First Water, and supplement the First Electric Doings generally.  Carter put solar on the roof during his administration, but Reagan ripped them off first thing.  Idiot.