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Solar Power On the White House

Posted by samzenpus on from the red-white-and-green dept.

CartaNova writes "The Obama administration has announced plans to install solar panels and a solar hot water heater on the White House. The Carter administration had previously installed a 32-panel solar system at the White House — which was quietly removed during Reagan's tenure in office. Solar hot water and Photovoltaic firms had been campaigning on this issue for some time."

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  1. How does it get any light? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've seen the White House on Google Maps and Google Earth and there seems to be some kind of thick cloud obscuring the area. Will they generate any electricity with these things or is it just another feel-good liberal gesture with no real world effect?

    1. Re:How does it get any light? by BetterThanCaesar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe Obama should build a wind turbine farm over sco08y's head.

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    2. Re:How does it get any light? by natehoy · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, but we need a superfund team to help clean up the pollution from the burning karma.

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  2. Re:lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because Republicans hate the planet!

  3. No payback by DerekLyons · · Score: 4, Funny

    The energy saved by the installation will be more than made up for by the amount of energy expended in proclaiming how green the White House is.

    1. Re:No payback by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually its not solar power. They're putting Sterling Engines on the roof of the Whitehouse running off the differential of heat between the atmosphere and the hot air rising to the roof.

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  4. Re:Why do Americans have problems with solar power by hey! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do Europeans have problems not generalizing about Americans?

    Yes, I've often wondered myself why all Europeans have stereotyped views of Americans, damn their brie-eating, lederhosen wearing, cricket-playing hides!

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  5. Re:Speaking of... by Shakrai · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was thinking they should install them near Chuck Schumer. Think of all the wasted energy from those camera lights that follow him everywhere that could be harnessed.....

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