Mr. Regan, Tear Down Those Solar Panels
>> Saturday, April 26, 2008 –
Current Events,
politics
While I was reading a mostly unrelated article today, I came across a presidential historical fact of which I wasn't aware. While Jimmy Carter was president, he had solar panels installed on the White House for heating water. Years later, president Regan had the panels removed signaling an end to the Carter administrations progressive energy policies. Regan's philosophy was that, unregulated, the all powerful market forces would work out our energy problems. Look how far the market forces have brought us.
That is so ridiculous! Carter also had in place tax breaks for common people to put their own solar panels up, and Regan canceled that program as well. Can you imagine where our country could be right now if we had been progressing solar technology actively for the last 33 years? In contrast to just beginning these programs now. President Carter was clearly ahead of his time, or rather Regan was behind.
But unregulated market forces have solved our energy problems! The market's crashed, and now no one can afford energy. Problem solved!