Horse methane plan for papal residence

BY ANNA ARCO
POPE BENEDICT XVI’s summer home could be heated by methane gas produced by horse manure.
Vatican officials are considering heating Castel Gandolfo with horse power in part of a drive to become more environmentally friendly.
The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano claimed that the Vatican City was the greenest state in the world last week. It said that the Vatican had spent several hundred million dollars on installing solar panels on the roof of the auditorium of Pope Paul VI as well as on other Vatican properties. The panels, which produce more energy than Germany’s solar energy project, supply energy to all the households belonging to the Vatican City.
Vatican officials are also considering a solar-powered heating and cooling system for a staff cafeteria.
Pope Benedict has been nicknamed “the green Pope”.