Pope Benedict XVI -- sometimes dubbed the "green pope" -- would
gladly use a solar-powered electric popemobile to show he supports
sustainable energy, a Vatican official said Wednesday.
Pope
Benedict XVI waves as he parades in his popemobile prior to celebrate a
solemn mass consecrating Barcelona's Sagrada Familia in a basilica, on
Nov. 7 during his two-day visit in Spain.
Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, who runs the Vatican City state, saidBenedict would prefer a solar-electric vehicle to a gas-powered one given his efforts to make the Vatican an environmental leader, reports the Associated Press.
His comments came during a presentation of The Energy of the Sun in the Vatican,
a book about the 2008 installation of photovoltaic cells on the roof of
the Vatican's main auditorium and the 2009 installation of a solar
cooling unit for its main cafeteria, AP reports.
Germany-based
SolarWorld, which provided the photovoltaic cells on the auditorium,
said Wednesday it's ready to provide a solar-powered electric
popemobile.
"It's really no problem," the firm's marketing chief Milan
Nitzschke told the AP, noting that electric cars can go from 0-100 kph
in three seconds.
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