Question about Whitehouse solar panel removal

wuushew

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Fri Sep-14-07 02:59 PM
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Question about Whitehouse solar panel removal

Wikipedia seems to indicate that in the course of fixing a roof leak the panels were not replaced out of indifference, not spite. Is this true?

President Jimmy Carter made symbolic efforts to encourage energy conservation, such as urging citizens in a famous July 15, 1979, 'malaise' speech to turn down their thermostats. He also installed solar power panels on the roof of the White House and a wood-burning stove in the living quarters. However, the panels were removed during the administration of his successor, Ronald Reagan, after a leak. The panels were never replaced.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_energy_crisis

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crikkett

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Fri Sep-14-07 03:01 PM
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1. IIRC they weren't panels but very efficient glass tubes

for heating water.

Don't know why they were removed.

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jpak

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Fri Sep-14-07 03:14 PM
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2. It was pure knee-jerk GOP solar hatin' spite

Those panels worked perfectly.

They sat in a GSA warehouse for years before they were purchased by Unity College (Unity, Maine - where solar power "don't work" according to the solar haters).

They heated water there for many years before they were retired...

http://www.unity.edu/sustainability/carter.htm

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depakid

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Fri Sep-14-07 03:18 PM
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3. Wiki isn't trustworthy on matters like this

It's wonderful resources for many things- but it's extremely susceptible to the far right and corporate obsession for re-writing history.

Bottom line here is that Reagan- one of GE's long time spokespersons, also gutted solar power research and set us off again down the wasteful path that's about to cost this country dearly.

See, e.g. http://energybulletin.net/9657.html

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