Reagan Removes Solar Panels

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.

Reagan removes solar panels.

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. 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. Originally panels were installed in the late 70s during. It was clear reagan had a completely different take on energy consumption.

Reagan was quoted as saying the panels were unsightly and unnecessary. 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. Unsurprisingly reagan slashed the meager carter outlay for photovoltaics by two thirds.

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. I was losing all my best people prince complained. Morton prince lamented the consequences of the new administration s war on solar cells. Author natalie goldstein wrote in global warming.

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. The solar panels which were.