Reagan Remoes Solar Panels

President ronald reagan took office in 1981 and the solar panels were removed during his administration.

Reagan remoes solar panels.

Reagan was quoted as saying the panels were unsightly and unnecessary. Dirck halstead getty images. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. The average solar panel from the era produces approximately 1 05 kwh of energy every day.

In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house. Multiply by reagan s 32 solar panels and you get 33 6 kwh of clean energy every day for free. Author natalie goldstein wrote in global warming. 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.

It was clear reagan had a completely different take on energy consumption. 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. The tumultuous saga of solar panels on the white house. The white house itself once harvested the power of the sun.

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. On june 20 1979 the carter administration installed 32 panels designed to harvest the sun s rays and use them to heat water. Reagan s political philosophy viewed the free market as the best arbiter of what was good for the country. Reagan who didn t think much of solar energy also allowed the tax credit carter had instated to lapse.