Carter Reagan Solar Panels

That also meant no solar panels.

Carter reagan solar panels.

President reagan had declared government the problem not the solution. They are perhaps the most famous solar panels ever made installed on the roof of the white house by president jimmy carter who said at the time in 1979. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house. Carter shows off his new solar panels at the installation ceremony in 1977.

Regan felt that the equipment was just a joke and he had it taken down the panels were removed in 1986 when work was being done on the white house roof below the panels. 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 into storage in a warehouse in virginia and pretty much forgotten. Although carter s solar panels remained on the roof of the white house for seven years throughout ronald reagan s first term and into his second the solar panels were removed for roof repairs and never re installed.

In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria. And so did the tax credits and research funds that had provided the real meat of carter s energy initiatives. George charles szego the engineer who persuaded carter to install the solar panels reportedly claimed that reagan s chief of staff donald t. That meant no energy credits.

The panels became objects of increasing indifference. Ronald reagan helped tear down the berlin wall and he also helped tear down the white house s solar panels.