President reagan had declared government the problem not the solution.
Carter reagan solar panels.
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.
And so did the tax credits and research funds that had provided the real meat of carter s energy initiatives.
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.
The panels became objects of increasing indifference.
Carter shows off his new solar panels at the installation ceremony in 1977.
That meant no energy credits.
That also meant no solar panels.
Carter was the first president to take that idea seriously warming the reviewing stand for his inauguration on january 20 1977 with the sun s heat harvested by roughly 1 000 square meters of.
In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria.
George charles szego the engineer who persuaded carter to install the solar panels reportedly claimed that reagan s chief of staff donald t.
They were put into storage in a warehouse in virginia and pretty much forgotten.
In the year 2000 this solar water heater.
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.