Reagan Removes Solar Panels

The white house itself once harvested the power of the sun.

Reagan removes solar panels.

Back in 2010 the obama administration announced that it would be restoring solar panels to the roof of the white house residence. Unsurprisingly reagan slashed the meager carter outlay for photovoltaics by two thirds. In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house. It would take nearly 30 years for solar panels to be reinstalled at the white house under barack obama in 2014.

Reagan was quoted as saying the panels were unsightly and unnecessary. Reagan who didn t think much of solar energy also allowed the tax credit carter had instated to lapse. The head of the government s photovoltaic program dr. Originally panels were installed in the late 70s during.

On june 20 1979 the carter administration installed 32 panels designed to harvest the sun s rays and use them to heat water. The solar panels which were. Reagan s political philosophy viewed the free market as the best arbiter of what was good for the country. Solar panels were installed in the late 1970s to provide hot water to the white house residence.

Author natalie goldstein wrote in global warming. They were removed by president reagan in 1986 due to a roof leak and never replaced. President ronald reagantook office in 1981 and the solar panels were removed during his administration. In 1986 when the price of energy was temporarily cheaper and americans minds were less focused on environmental issues president reagan ordered the panels removed from the white house roof.

I was losing all my best people prince complained. Under reagan funding was cut for the newly formed department of energy and in 1986 when the white house needed roof repairs under the solar thermal panels the reagan administration removed the panels and quietly decided to not reinstall them claiming it simply wasn t a cost effective option. It was clear reagan had a completely different take on energy consumption. Morton prince lamented the consequences of the new administration s war on solar cells.