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bpodgursky on Dec 30, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Jimmy Carter has died

Sort of. They had to replace the roof, and they didn't reinstall them.

(they were also not "solar panels" it was solar water heating and it was sorta useful but mostly symbolic).

anonu on Dec 30, 2024 [–]

No the Carter solar panels were electric and not solar thermal.

bpodgursky on Dec 30, 2024 | [–]

No, they were solar heating panels. This is so easy to look up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_at_the_White_House

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