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.

Ronald reagan remove solar panels from white house.

That also meant no solar panels. In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house. In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria. 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. The average solar panel from the era produces approximately 1 05 kwh of energy every day. On june 20 1979 the carter administration installed 32 panels designed to harvest the sun s rays and use them to heat water. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house.

Ronald reagan helped tear down the berlin wall and he also helped tear down the white house s solar panels. Reagan was quoted as saying the panels were unsightly and unnecessary. President ronald reagan took office in 1981 and the solar panels were removed during his administration. Author natalie goldstein wrote in global warming.

Over the last 40 years solar panels have been installed and removed on the white house under three different presidents starting with jimmy carter installing panels and reagan removing them less than 10 years later. 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. They were put in a warehouse in virginia and forgotten. The white house itself once harvested the power of the sun.

Seven years after the west wing roof party in 1986 the symbolic solar collectors met with roof repairs and they were never re installed. Reagan s political philosophy viewed the free market as the best arbiter of what was good for the country. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. Dirck halstead getty images.