There is such a lack of flat, sunny land in the town of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, outside of Barcelona, that the locals had only one place to put their solar panels. The cemetery. Not only is the town super crowded (124,000 people in 4 sq. kilometers), but so is the cemetery with mausoleums that 5 deep under ground.
It makes me crazy to think of all the open, sunny land we have in this country that we could fill up with solar panels, or all the wind in the midwest for turbines, etc. etc... and we're not doing it! Some little town in Spain is willing to put up with visiting graves that now have shiny panels on them instead of flowers and we're still living in the 20th century.
Here's the link to the story:
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