Reagan Removes Solar Panels

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

Reagan removes solar panels.

I was losing all my best people prince complained. In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house. President ronald reagantook office in 1981 and the solar panels were removed during his administration. Author natalie goldstein wrote in global warming.

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. That was probably the case during the energy crisis of the 1970s when president jimmy carter donned a sweater turned down his thermostat and had a solar powered water system installed. 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 head of the government s photovoltaic program dr.

It was later removed by president ronald reagan who shipped the panels off to unity college in maine where they still heat the water for the school s cafeteria. Reagan s political philosophy viewed the free market as the best arbiter of what was good for the country. 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.

Unsurprisingly reagan slashed the meager carter outlay for photovoltaics by two thirds. 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 was quoted as saying the panels were unsightly and unnecessary. It hasn t produced a quart of oil or a lump of coal or anything else in the line of energy and in 1986 the reagan administration quietly dismantled the white house solar panel installation.