Indy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Feb 19, 2023
In 1979 Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House roof. In the 80s' Ronald Reagan removed them.
Carter wanted renewables to generate 20% of U.S. energy needs by 2000. When Reagan was elected he scrapped the policy, eliminating tax breaks for renewable technologies in favour of oil and gas. Today the US produces just 7% of its energy from renewables, the majority from hydroelectric schemes.
A massive wasted opportunity which we and future generations will pay for.
#climatechange
Show threadLeslieC
@IndyRichard it’s sad and hard to think how much better the world would be if that capitalist puppet Reagan had not been elected. Can you imagine if the people of the USA hadn’t fallen for the propaganda campaign of big oil and actually accomplished Carter’s goal? Reaganomics and what has followed is killing the Earth. Who knows how else it may have turned out ?
Feb 20, 2023 at 2:34amWeb