The Sisters are hip…
The sisters paid to build a massive geothermal heating and cooling system. The technology uses 240 wells and 47 miles of underground pipes to take advantage of the constant, 55-degree temperature of the earth to decrease the use of natural gas by 58.3 percent — an annual savings of about $200,000.They cut water consumption nearly in half by installing new fixtures and building a wetland on the property that collects water from sinks, showers and tubs and recycles it to flush the toilets.
The nuns still strive to retire about $37 million in construction costs on the motherhouse, home to the administrative offices of the dwindling order and more than 200 sisters, whose average age is 86. detroit news via five feet of fury
I am a huge fan of geothermal. Money for nothing, girls for free and all that. I also rather like nuns - in theory. Apparently, however, the two do not mix.
For 56 million dollars they could have bought a quite pleasant apartment building and 200 woolly sweaters.
Written by jay on September 22nd, 2007 with
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