Reagan Remoes Solar Panels

Morton prince lamented the consequences of the new administration s war on solar cells.

Reagan remoes solar panels.

I was losing all my best people prince complained. Reagan who didn t think much of solar energy also allowed the tax credit carter had instated to lapse. Originally panels were installed in the late 70s during. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house.

The solar panels which were. Unsurprisingly reagan slashed the meager carter outlay for photovoltaics by two thirds. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. 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.

It was clear reagan had a completely different take on energy consumption. 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. In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house.

The head of the government s photovoltaic program dr. 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. Back in 2010 the obama administration announced that it would be restoring solar panels to the roof of the white house residence. 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.