This isn’t so much climahypocrisy, as abject stupidity and wimpiness (yeah, I did mention this story during the Patriotic Pinup post, but, too good to sit on) Barack Obama: ‘no’ to solar panels on the White House roof
A quest to get Barack Obama to shout his commitment to solar power from the roof tops – by re-installing vintage solar panels at the White House – ended in disappointment for environmental campaigners today.
Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org, had led a group of environmental activists to Washington in a bio-diesel van hoping to persuade Obama to re-install a set of solar panels originally put up by Jimmy Carter.
Granted, the things are heavy and way, way, way outdated, but…..
A California company Sungevity had offered to equip the White House with the latest technology.
The White House said “thanks, but, no thanks.” (hey, I’ll take them) I wonder why?
But the White House declined – twitchy perhaps about inviting any comparison to one-term Democratic president Carter in the run-up to the very difficult mid-term elections in November. The White House did send three staffers to meet the campaigners.
Carter put them on the roof and actually used them to heat water for the WH staff mess, in order to try and push America to reduce our use of foreign oil, not for climate alarmism. This was actually a good idea, I personally cannot fault Carter. A good idea is a good idea. But, apparently Obama just can’t be bothered to practice what he preaches. Maybe he’s worried that they won’t provide enough electricity to heat the White House to absurd levels if this winter is similar to last years?
Oh, and hey, remember when he and the media made a big deal out of his visit to a solar panel plant? And how he’s dumping billions into solar panel manufacturing?
