Last October, President Obama made a pledge to install solar panels on the White House roof by the end of spring. Well, the last day of spring was yesterday and the sun is still not providing clean, renewable energy to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
What happened?
President Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu are testing the patience of the American people. The public overwhelmingly supports clean, renewable energy and there is no more potent symbol of our transition off dirty fossil fuels and into a bright clean energy future than installing solar panels and a solar water heater on the roof of the White House.
Why the foot dragging?
President Obama is ignoring the will of the American people at his own peril. If he doesn't invest more in the jobs of the future -- solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, hydro -- then he will pay at the polls in 2012.
Millions of Americans were hoping to see solar panels on the roof of the White House this past spring. That pledge has been broken, so this summer will have to do.
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