Solar panels on graves give power to Spanish town
November 23, 2008 By DANIEL WOOLLS , Associated Press Writer
Solar panels sit on top of niches at the Santa Coloma de Gramenet cemetery, outside Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. The city council has installed 462 solar panels on top of the grave niches. The energy they produce, equivalent to the yearly consumption of 60 homes, flows into the local energy grid and is one community\'s odd and pioneering nod to the fight against global warming. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
(AP) -- A new kind of silent hero has joined the fight against climate change. Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a gritty, working-class town outside Barcelona, has placed a sea of solar panels atop mausoleums at its cemetery, transforming a place of perpetual rest into one buzzing with renewable energy.
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Nov 23, 2008
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Nov 23, 2008
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Sorry I don't buy it.
:P
Nov 23, 2008
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It depends if have a scheme where they first give companies a huge amount of free emmmisiona and then say lets trade it has little effect. But if companies have to pay for every ton they emit whether in a tax or an offset, then they will start cutting back because it saves money. Cap and trade is better yet. if yu have real caps.
Nov 24, 2008
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The government is trying to bring in this scheme in 2010, but it may not happen at all. Most people can see that it will just be a blatant tax grab by the government. The average person is becoming much more familiar with some of the BIG problems with global warming alarmism (such as the cooling of the last 10 years, and the lack of cooling in the troposphere). More people are also asking "why should we destroy our economy, when India and China will just continue polluting". The days of this "global warming" scam are numbered.
Nov 24, 2008
Rank: 4 / 5 (3)
And that's just installation, maintenance costs weren't mentioned. I wonder what the total cost of electricity comes out to be? I'm all for reducing emissions, but at what cost? And what good is it really considering massive pollution in China and other countries like it?
Nov 24, 2008
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Panels heating water on rooftops would probably be just as good at a tiny fraction of the price.
Nov 24, 2008
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I know this will get a low rank, but remember people this is a joke, don't get worked up.
Nov 24, 2008
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...a headline in Archeology Today, in the year 2208