White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Nancy Sutley and Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced plans to bring new solar panels to the White House. Now, this is certainly great news, but not the first thought. President Jimmy Carter first did it in the 70s to heat the West Wing offices up, and George W. Bush (yeah!) did so as well during his ‘supremacy era’ to bring in solar panels to heat up the swimming pool (what the?). Well, a president has got to swim too ya know?

These latest rounds of panels are set to be installed in the spring and will provide hot water for the First Family, while PV cells will also “supply some electricity.” That “should” be enough to recharge all the smartphones in the White House.

SOURCE via Yahoo! NEWS