Reagan Remoes Solar Panels

Author natalie goldstein wrote in global warming.

Reagan remoes solar panels. In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house. The panels which were used to heat water for the staff eating area were a symbol of a new solar strategy that carter said was going to move our nation toward true energy security and abundant readily available energy supplies but in 1986 president ronald reagan took the solar panels down when the white house roof was being repaired. Morton prince lamented the consequences of the new administration s war on solar cells. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency.

In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria. Originally panels were installed in the late 70s during. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house. The head of the government s photovoltaic program dr.

One of the 32 solar thermal panels that captured energy on the roof of the white house more than 30 years ago landed this week at a science museum in china. Back in 2010 the obama administration announced that it would be restoring solar panels to the roof of the white house residence. 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. The solar panels which were.

Reagan s political philosophy viewed the free market as the best arbiter of what was good for the country. President ronald reagantook office in 1981 and the solar panels were removed during his administration. Ronald reagan removes solar panels in 1981 ronald reagan beat out carter in the presidential election ushering in an 8 year span where reagan s free market ideals and the belief that business and industry is best left to take care of itself simply didn t mesh with carter s subsidization of renewable energy research and industry development. Unsurprisingly reagan slashed the meager carter outlay for photovoltaics by two thirds.

It was clear reagan had a completely different take on energy consumption.