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Written by Chris Nelder 🤘 on 2024-12-29 at 22:44

In 1979, President Carter put solar thermal panels on the roof of the White House to set an example of #energytransition methods of the day. https://mastodon.energy/@AkaSci@fosstodon.org/113738204989171909

Seven years later, President Reagan had them removed under the pretext of "roof repairs" and they were never reinstalled, because the GOP has been a steady ally of the fossil fuel industry and a steady opponent of renewables. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/the-forgotten-story-of-jimmy-carters-white-house-solar-panels/

Bipartisan support for the energy transition has always been extremely rare.

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Written by climate voter/eco leftist on 2024-12-29 at 22:56

@chrisnelder And the GOP is still sabotaging the planet.

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Written by C Acantigüe on 2024-12-30 at 01:39

@chrisnelder I seem to recall a US or British newspaper within the past several years that the Carter Administration caught the severe extinction level potential of planet heating up and were hopeful to continue changing energy policy if they won. Wasn't on Reagan Admin's radar at all, of course. Right around the same time ExxonMobil criminally withheld the same confirming data their scientists figured out.

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