Reagan Solar Panels Snopes

Reagan s political philosophy viewed the free market as the best arbiter of what was good for the country.

Reagan solar panels snopes.

Carter shows off his new solar panels at the installation ceremony in 1977. Wis dm ronald reagan removed the solar panels on the white house s roof installed by jimmy carter. It was clear reagan had a completely different take on energy consumption. President ronald reagantook office in 1981 and the solar panels were removed during his administration.

You can watch a short video about one of america s first solar initiatives below. Shortly after reagan occupied the white house he had the solar panels ripped out and thrown in the trash. One of the 32 solar thermal panels that captured energy on the roof of the white house more than 30 years ago landed this week at a science museum in china by david biello on august 6 2010 the. Seven years after the west wing roof party in 1986 the symbolic solar collectors met with roof repairs and they were never re installed.

They were put in a warehouse in virginia and forgotten. Ronald reagan helped tear down the berlin wall and he also helped tear down the white house s solar 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. Author natalie goldstein wrote in global warming.

There was actually a very substantive attempt to move ahead the expanded use of solar energy president ronald reagan took the solar panels down in 1986 when the white house roof was being repaired. The panels moved almost imperceptibly with the sun.