I still find it rather insulting that it took Obama this long to finally do it. It’s particularly frustrating given that there have been, as this article halfway points out a number of Solar coalitions and activists pressuring the administration to do so since he took office after running on campaign promises of promoting cleaner energy uses. Some companies have even offered to donate the panels, installation, and maintenance. The Associated Press and Washington Post both posted articles giving credit to 350.org’s founder Bill McKibben, and a team of activists from Unity College, for carrying one of the old Carter Era solar panels to the White House last month in order to bring attention to this issue. That’s right folks… There were working solar panels on the roof of the WH 30 years ago. Not to take away from any of the work that Sungevity’s “Solar on the White House” team has put into this but I am bummed that Inhabitat failed to mention the efforts of 350.org and the Unity researchers.
I would also like to point out that this coming sunday 10/10/10 there is a global work day, for folks to volunteer or work on projects in their communities to help to do something and raise awareness about global warming. There is plenty of information available just do a search.
Before anyone gets on my case about solar being inefficient, read some past articles on this website. They have profiled a number of communities and buildings with solar arrays that provide than enough and even a surplus of energy needed to operate. Individual panels aren’t perfect by any means, I understand that, but they do help and are very much worth the investment. The more we reduce our dependence on oil and coal produced energy the more will see advances in cleaner, safer, sustainable energy production.
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By: jphelpsfl
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