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Vatican To Build 100 Megawatt Solar Power Plant
Karim Y. writes "The Vatican is going solar in a big way. The tiny state recently announced that it intends to spend 660 million dollars to create what will effectively be Europe's largest solar power plant. This massive 100 megawatt photovoltaic installation will provide enough energy to make the Vatican the first solar powered nation state in the world! 'The 100 megawatts unleashed by the station will supply about 40,000 households. That will far outstrip demand by Pope Benedict XVI and the 900 inhabitants of the 0.2 square-mile country nestled across Rome's Tiber River. The plant will cover nine times the needs of Vatican Radio, whose transmission tower is strong enough to reach 35 countries including Asia.'"
...about the Father, the Sun, and the Holy Ghost here.
Rock is dead. Long live scissors and paper!
Holy megawatts Batman!
~~"Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." ~~Dennis Miller
Now that we've dealt with that...
So, how exactly are we planning to run them six million over budget, here?
If they need extra power on certain days, they could just have the sun stop in the sky for a while.
"You see, Government is a system that is based on weapons." -- Timster
Putting Jesus through college?
So it appears that the Marketing department has won once again. After ~2000 years they have decided to 'freshen things up a little'. Looks like Buddy Christ lost.
So now that the Vatican is a Solar sect, does that mean using sunblock SPF-50 is a sin?
Skin cancer the new stigmata?
Remember kids; everything old is new again, I'm just waiting for my Leisure Suits to come back into style.
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~Plato (427-347 BC)
God got tired of Satan bragging about his "all naturally-environmentally-powered controlled climate system" so he upped the ante a bit.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
And all this time I thought the Vatican ran on a 12 volt Interstate Battery recharged by some monk on a bicycle.
Whew, thanks for the correction.
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Asia is not a country, you silly people! You're thinking of Africa.
Regards,
Sarah P.
Why else did God set the Sun in orbit around the Earth?
...is not a country.
Thankyou! Nor is South-East Asia a state. I know - I can see it from my balcony.
I'm a software visionary. I don't code.
This is a job for Sol Invictus.
In Vatican, sun orbit YOU!
"Believe me!" -- Donald Trump
Damnit, there goes the production capacity of Nanosolar Inc. for ANOTHER two years. Cheap solar cell retail availability gets shooooved to the right to ------> 2012.
<Godwin>First those damn Germans bought up all their production, attempting to perpetuate their Fourth Reich!<tinfoilhat>Now it's a conspiracy to preempt and prevent micro-generation!</tinfoilhat></Godwin>
Of course, with the pope's uncanny resemblance to Emperor Palpatine, I can't resist the thought of hearing, upon completion of the 100 MegaWatt facility, the words: "NOW YOU WILL WITNESS THE POWER OF THIS FULLY OPERATIONAL BATTLE STATION!"...
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
> The Vatican is going solar in a big way. The tiny state recently announced that it intends to spend 660 million dollars to create what will effectively be Europe's largest solar power plant.
For only 6 million dollars more they can add an option to generate power from the conversion of pure evil.
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This is the Vatican we're talking about. What the hell are you doing telling them 'there's no proof of this'? It's never stopped them before.
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
BOLGIAS 8 AND 9, Rome, Monday — The Vatican intends to build the biggest renewable energy plant in Europe, running solely on guilt.
"Now is the time to strike," said Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, governor of Vatican City. "The financial crisis has unleashed huge and renewable sources of guilt, which in the long run will reap incomparable rewards for the Church."
Italy has a binding target for renewable energy consumption of 17 percent. The Vatican will export energy to Italy, powered by raw guilt from the largely Catholic populace. "So far it's proven indefinitely renewable."
Pope Benedict XVI has been outspoken on environmental issues. "The destruction of the environment, its improper or selfish use and the violent hoarding of the Earth's resources cause grievances, conflicts and wars, precisely because they are the consequences of an inhumane concept of development. You should FEEL BAD about that. And give us money."
The plant will be topped up at night by Dante-esque treadmills walked by priests sent back for kiddy-fiddling. "We feel terrible, terrible," said Fr O'Pederast. "I mean, we got caught."
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What do you think it takes to power a private hotline to God ?!
I'm surprised they never thought to harness the prodigious amounts of HOT AIR they produce, to harvest energy from.
Not yet... :)
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