Pope Benedict XVI today launched a crusade against climate change in his own tiny country by holding his first "ecologically friendly" public gathering at a Vatican audience hall newly powered by solar panels. Solar panels are seen on the roof of the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, today. The panels became functional on Wednesday, illuminating and heating Pope Benedict XVI's weekly general audience, held inside the Paul VI hall. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo) The 2,400 solar panels placed on more than an acre of undulating roof of the Vatican's hall were officially activated today, providing the energy required by the the hall itself and the adjacent large buildings. The audience hall is a striking modernist construction amid centuries-old historical buildings. Built in 1969 and designed by the renowned Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi, it is used for concerts and indoor papal audiences that are held there when the weather is poor.
Pope Benedict XVI today launched a crusade against climate change in his own tiny country by holding his first "ecologically friendly" public gathering at a Vatican audience hall newly powered by solar panels. Solar panels are seen on the roof of the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, today. The panels became functional on Wednesday, illuminating and heating Pope Benedict XVI's weekly general audience, held inside the Paul VI hall. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo)
The 2,400 solar panels placed on more than an acre of undulating roof of the Vatican's hall were officially activated today, providing the energy required by the the hall itself and the adjacent large buildings.
The audience hall is a striking modernist construction amid centuries-old historical buildings. Built in 1969 and designed by the renowned Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi, it is used for concerts and indoor papal audiences that are held there when the weather is poor.
i want more -stomps ferragamos- i want him to get up on his bully pulpit and tell his obeisant cultists to get the alt energy going within a year or they're condemned to eternities of breathing benzene and mercury from coal plants, little devils will chew on their savings, and they can save their souls by saving the planet!
then he should direct huge chunks of vatcapital as venture financing for solar and wind and geothermal startup companies, subsidies for poor renters to insulate their homes etc etc.
it's a start though, unlikely as it seems. The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb.
