November 26th 2008
Barack Obama Making Plans To Green The White House
Filed under: buildings and construction, cars-houses, politics — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 11:27 pm
In an interview with Barbara Walters this evening, President-elect Barack Obama mentioned that he plans on “greening” the White House. Obama said he plans to sit down with the chief usher for the presidential mansion and do an evaluation of its energy efficiency. He says part of what he wants to do is show the American people that it’s not that hard to go green.
Since he already turns off the lights (and unplugs energy-wasting electronics when not in use) at his current home in Chicago, he feels there’s no reason why the same can’t be done at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Not since President Jimmy Carter threw some solar panels on top of the White House has an incoming President shown such interest in serving as a “green” example to Americans. So refreshing to see a leader actually serve as a role model for a change, isn’t it?
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Let’s just hope that when he leaves in 2017, his successor leaves the green changes in place.
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It’s nice to see that our future President is setting a positive example and already establishing a plan to “green” the White House.
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But isn’t this undone by keeping the thermostate so high. He likes it very warm and keeps the thermostat very high. So in the end, he is likely to use much more fossil fuel than Bush. Also, lets not count all of the upcoming trips to Hawaii.
Yes, he is leading by example, provided you also have a loving media.