Reagan Removes Solar Panels

In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria.

Reagan removes solar panels.

Solar panels were installed in the late 1970s to provide hot water to the white house residence. 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. Reagan was quoted as saying the panels were unsightly and unnecessary.

The solar panels which were. The head of the government s photovoltaic program dr. The white house itself once harvested the power of the sun. 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. Reagan who didn t think much of solar energy also allowed the tax credit carter had instated to lapse. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house.

It would take nearly 30 years for solar panels to be reinstalled at the white house under barack obama in 2014. Unsurprisingly reagan slashed the meager carter outlay for photovoltaics by two thirds. 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.

I was losing all my best people prince complained. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house. 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.