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Vatican To Build 100 Megawatt Solar Power Plant

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the go-big-or-go-home dept.

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.'"

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  1. Insert joke.... by mhazen · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...about the Father, the Sun, and the Holy Ghost here.

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    1. Re:Insert joke.... by dgatwood · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...about the Father, the Sun, and the Holy Ghost here.

      No, no, no. The correct joke is:

      This gives new meaning to the phrase "For thine is the kingdom and the power...."

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    2. Re:Insert joke.... by ChunderDownunder · · Score: 5, Funny

      Pope Benedict harnesses Sun. Oracle Buys Sun

      Larry Ellison is God?

  2. Asia isn't a country. by shogun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that we've dealt with that...

    1. Re:Asia isn't a country. by chrism238 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Perhaps we should first check with Sarah Palin?

  3. Allright, Illuminati... by Fuzzlekits · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, how exactly are we planning to run them six million over budget, here?

  4. What a dreadful mistake! by jayke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Asia is not a country, you silly people! You're thinking of Africa.

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    Sarah P.

  5. Death Star by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!"...

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  6. Re:Don't think jupiter would do much. by Ogive17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't live near the coast, do you?

    Not yet... :)

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