It only took 28 years to get solar panels back on the White House roof

[G_j]

http://grist.org/news/it-only-took-28-years-to-get-solar-panels-back-on-the-white-house-roof/

After four years of repeated grumblings of “we’re going to do this, we promise,” the Obama administration has plunked some solar panels on the White House roof. And like all great things, they’re American-made, American-installed, and run off of good ol’ American sunlight!

A little bit of backstory: Back in 1979, Carter was ahead of the curve in installing solar panels at the presidential residence. At their dedication, he provided an apt analysis of what they symbolized at the time: “A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken, or it can be a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the American people—harnessing the power of the sun to enrich our lives as we move away from our crippling dependence on foreign oil.”

Reagan honored that sentiment with a resounding “SIKE NAW” when he removed the panels in 1986.

And nearly 30 years later, here we are again! Time is a flat circle, after all.

[a kennedy]

1. I remember when reagan took them off, practically the first day he was in the white house....

I was so angry..... so happy they're back on. Way to go POTUS.

[yeoman6987]

2. Took him 7 years to take them off

One year later and they would have stayed. I wonder why he felt the need to take them off.

[a kennedy]

3. whoa, 7 years later???

holy crap..... guess I don't remember it, like it was yesterday then. Sorry. Still pissed me off when he did it.

[yeoman6987]

5. Me too

Mainly because he could have still used electric and kept the Solar panel for the future. He was always spoiled in my book. I remember him saying the looked ugly. Ugh!

[Laelth]

4. k&r for James Earl Carter, Jr. and for Barack Obama.

Leadership by example has always been effective.



-Laelth