There was a time when the White House also had its own solar panel. Indeed, its solar panels: 32. The decision to install them, back in 1979, was taken by none other than President Jimmy Carter. Then Reagan arrived and, in 86, the plant was removed. Now, with Obama in charge of the United States, the idea of making the home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue more eco-friendly seems to be making a comeback.
He's about to end up run over, his mother saves him There was a time when even there White House he had his own solar panel. Indeed, his own solar panels: 32. The decision to install them, back in 1979, was taken by none other than the president Jimmy Carter. Then it came Reagan and, in 86, the implant was removed. Now, with Obama at the head of the United States, the idea of making the home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue more eco-friendly seems to be making a comeback.
To launch it is Bill Mc Kibben, environmentalist with years of experience and several books on climate change behind. The goal is to raise public awareness and President Obama on the need for one green revolution: basically, to cover the roof of the White House again with photovoltaic panels. To do this, Mc Kibben has thought of organizing a team that will start next September 7th da Unity, in Maine, to achieve its mission a Washington.
It is in fact in the Unity College, recently named one of the greenest in the United States, there are 16 of those 32 panels wanted by Carter. Panels which, after heating the hot water of the cafeteria for about ten years, could now return to their old place. The story also aroused the interest of Swiss filmmakers Christina Hemaner e Roman Keller, who made a documentary entitled "The Road Not Taken”, Alluding to the environmentalist path that, since then, the United States“ has not taken ”.
In any case, the campaign "Put Solar On It”By Mc Kibben is not the only one to ask for the installation of photovoltaics on the roof of the White House. In fact, the company has recently Sungevity, along with others, offered the president a free implant worth dollars 107.000, which will be able to reduce the electricity bill of the most famous house in America by 81%. The initiative, called “Globama”, is still ongoing. If you too care about the health of the environment and want to join the choir, you just have to sign the online petition on the website putsolaron.com/whitehouse.
