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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by zeven7 on Sunday December 29, 2024 @09:23PM (#42545806)
“ Three of the panels are part of museum collections. One of the panels was donated by Unity College to the National Museum of American History in 2009. Another is on display at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center. A third panel has been part of the Solar Science and Technology Museum in Dezhou, China since 2013.” [1]

Sounds like America chose “museum piece” from Carter’s options.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_at_the_White_Hou...

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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by cyberge99 on Monday December 30, 2024 @12:11AM (#42546663)
It represents the road not taken. Reagan removed solar panels.
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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by bpodgursky on Monday December 30, 2024 @01:22AM (#42546990)
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).

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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by anonu on Monday December 30, 2024 @05:56AM (#42548236)
No the Carter solar panels were electric and not solar thermal.
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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by bpodgursky on Monday December 30, 2024 @10:32AM (#42550152)
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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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by data_maan on Monday December 30, 2024 @02:20AM (#42547274)
Don't worry, China is more than happy to take the road Americans haven't.
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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by blharr on Sunday December 29, 2024 @11:17PM (#42546437)
I mean a 30 year old solar panel isn't going to be useful to be fair
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Re:President Jimmy Carter has passed away by otteromkram on Monday December 30, 2024 @12:38AM (#42546777)
Who's "be fair" and why are we concerned about their solar panel usage?
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