Reagan Removes Solar Panels

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 removes solar panels.

President ronald reagantook office in 1981 and the solar panels were removed during his administration. Morton prince lamented the consequences of the new administration s war on solar cells. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house. They were removed by president reagan in 1986 due to a roof leak and never replaced.

In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria. Author natalie goldstein wrote in global warming. Back in 2010 the obama administration announced that it would be restoring solar panels to the roof of the white house residence. Solar panels were installed in the late 1970s to provide hot water to the white house residence.

In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house. 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. Unsurprisingly reagan slashed the meager carter outlay for photovoltaics by two thirds.

The head of the government s photovoltaic program dr. It would take nearly 30 years for solar panels to be reinstalled at the white house under barack obama in 2014. The white house itself once harvested the power of the sun. Reagan was quoted as saying the panels were unsightly and unnecessary.

Reagan s political philosophy viewed the free market as the best arbiter of what was good for the country. On june 20 1979 the carter administration installed 32 panels designed to harvest the sun s rays and use them to heat water. Originally panels were installed in the late 70s during. It was clear reagan had a completely different take on energy consumption.