Solar Panel Edu
Why did Reagan remove the solar panels from the White House as soon as he took office?
During the oil embargo of the 70's, Carter had solar panels installed on the White House. When Reagan took office, in additon to eliminating about 90% of the tax credits for solar research (in effect, raising taxes on this work), he had the solar panels taken down and sent to a warehouse.
Why would he do this?
http://www.unity.edu/News/solar1004.htm
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AndyG - the falling oil prices would have made no difference. The cost of Solar is all in the production and installation - after that it's free energy. Removing existing panels makes no economic sense, no matter what the price of oil. Reagan actually had the govt. pay extra to avoid reducing the electric bill of the White House.
The answer is in the article,
"The solar heating panels were installed on the roof of the West Wing, but removed during Ronald Reagan´s presidency in 1986, after the energy crisis and worries about dependence on foreign oil had subsided."
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