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	This cemetery's otherworldy energy is solar

bjtindle

11-25-2008 7:54 AM

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<H2>Dead heat: This cemetery's otherworldly energy is solar</H2>
		<SPAN><A href="http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/index.cfm?author=1661">Jordan Lite</A></SPAN>
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	</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=dead-heat-this-cemeterys-otherworld-2008-11-24"><DIV><IMG height="320" width="288" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.sciam.com/media/inline/blog/Image/solar.jpg" />Maybe they're trying to bring the <A href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=never-say-die">dead</A> back to life.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=dead-heat-this-cemeterys-otherworld-2008-11-24"><DIV>
A Spanish town alarmed about <A href="http://www.sciam.com/topic.cfm?id=global-warming-and-climate-change">climate change</A> has installed <A href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=installing-solar-panels">solar panels</A> on its <A href="http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=cemetery-science-the-geology-of-mau-08-10-30">mausoleums</A>, turning "a place of perpetual rest into one buzzing with renewable energy," the <A href="http://news.scotsman.com/world/Now-even-the-dead-join.4722988.jp">Associated Press reports</A> with mirth.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=dead-heat-this-cemeterys-otherworld-2008-11-24"><DIV>
The 462 panels are mounted on graves in the blue-collar town of Santa Coloma de Gramenet outside of Barcelona. The panels started absorbing energy from the sun to power the local grid last Wednesday, three years after the project began, according to the AP.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C61AE1FF-D2DB-4288-BC5F-CC1EE49D7ADF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>