[zeven7]

“ 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...

[cyberge99]

It represents the road not taken. Reagan removed solar panels.

[data_maan]

Don't worry, China is more than happy to take the road Americans haven't.

[bpodgursky]

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]

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

[bpodgursky]

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

[blharr]

I mean a 30 year old solar panel isn't going to be useful to be fair

[otteromkram]

Who's "be fair" and why are we concerned about their solar panel usage?