Reagan Removes Solar Panels

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Reagan removes solar panels. The head of the government s photovoltaic program dr. 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. Reagan s political philosophy viewed the free market as the best arbiter of what was good for the country. Originally panels were installed in the late 70s during.

Author natalie goldstein wrote in global warming. It was clear reagan had a completely different take on energy consumption. In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house. Unsurprisingly reagan slashed the meager carter outlay for photovoltaics by two thirds.

On june 20 1979 the carter administration installed 32 panels designed to harvest the sun s rays and use them to heat water. In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria. It would take nearly 30 years for solar panels to be reinstalled at the white house under barack obama in 2014. Solar panels were installed in the late 1970s to provide hot water to the white house residence.

President ronald reagantook office in 1981 and the solar panels were removed during his administration. 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. The white house itself once harvested the power of the sun. Reagan was quoted as saying the panels were unsightly and unnecessary.

This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. The solar panels which were. Reagan who didn t think much of solar energy also allowed the tax credit carter had instated to lapse. Back in 2010 the obama administration announced that it would be restoring solar panels to the roof of the white house residence.