Ronald Reagan Remove Solar Panels From White House

365 days a year 24 year that s 294 336 kwh of dirty energy bought and burned because of one bad decision by ronald reagan.

Ronald reagan remove solar panels from white house.

Solar panels finally back on the white house almost 30 years after reagan removed them new 50 comments by nathan ingraham may 9 2014 1 50pm edt. That also meant no solar panels. Dirck halstead getty images. 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. In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house. 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 who didn t think much of solar energy also allowed the tax credit carter had instated to lapse.

The tumultuous saga of solar panels on the white house. Seven years after the west wing roof party in 1986 the symbolic solar collectors met with roof repairs and they were never re installed. The white house itself once harvested the power of the sun. They were put in a warehouse in virginia and forgotten.

This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house. It was clear reagan had a completely different take on energy consumption. Multiply by reagan s 32 solar panels and you get 33 6 kwh of clean energy every day for free.

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. President ronald reagan took office in 1981 and the solar panels were removed during his administration. The average solar panel from the era produces approximately 1 05 kwh of energy every day.