Never heard much from the media about this:
President Bush’s Texas Ranch Is Off-Grid, Eco-Friendly
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2007/02/19/president-bushs-texas-ranch-is-off-grid-eco-friendly/
The amusing thing about the article is that the author is whining that "he is not letting everyone benefit from these technologies" when of course, anyone who wanted to use them can, he is just not mandating that everyone use them.
Freedom is something the author apparently does not get.
I read the article you posted. They seem to be whining about the fact that he has all these features and didn't push them when he was president. Bush is rich. Maybe he paid for them himself. Maybe, he didn't want taxpayers to foot the bill when other people wanted these items. I know I don't want to pay for someone else's solar panels.
I keep doing what I can to make myself more and more self sufficient, but I don't expect anyone else to pay for it.