ClydeR
08-16-2013, 12:24 PM
Now that the tedium of the 2012 campaign is over, President Obama is making good on his 2010 pledge to put solar panels on top of the White House. The panels (American-made, of course) will be the second set the building has ever seen. The first ones were removed when Ronald Reagan was president, which may not surprise you.
It's one of the reasons that Obama probably wasn't in a hurry to install the panels last year. Scientific American told the story (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=carter-white-house-solar-panel-array) of the 32 panels removed by Reagan a few years ago.
More... (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/08/defying-reagan-obama-returns-solar-panels-white-house/68381/)
Not cool. Obama just did this as a jab at Reagan.
It's one of the reasons that Obama probably wasn't in a hurry to install the panels last year. Scientific American told the story (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=carter-white-house-solar-panel-array) of the 32 panels removed by Reagan a few years ago.
More... (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/08/defying-reagan-obama-returns-solar-panels-white-house/68381/)
Not cool. Obama just did this as a jab at Reagan.