10/10/10 Results America’s White House
Goes Solar
President Obama has announced the installation of solar panels and a solar hot water heater on the roof of his White House residence as part of a Department of Energy demon- stration project. Interestingly, the move comes after
350.org Founder Bill McKibben carted solar panels to Washington, D.C., in October, as part of his grassroots movement’s 10/10/10 Global Work Party on curbing climate change. The Washington Post reports
that the panels were some of the same ones that were donated to Unity College in the 1990s af- ter President Reagan had them removed from the White House and let federal renewable energy subsidies expire. President Carter had the original solar equipment installed in 1979, saying “A gen- eration from now, this solar heater [behind me] can either be a curios- ity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken, or it can be just a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever un- dertaken by the American people.” Remarks McKibben: “If it has anything like the effect of the White House garden, it could be a trig- ger for a wave of solar installations across the country and around the world.”
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