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Jack Nicholson can be a pretty cool eco-conscious celebrity at times. Like thirty years ago when the, then hot young actor, pulled up in his forward thinking answer to the 1978 gas crisis:

“I’m digging back into the archives a bit because with all the talk lately of hydrogen-powered vehicles, it’s really funny to remember that Jack Nicholson had one. In 1978.

Back then, the oil embargo was an even more giant inconvenience than today’s high prices. You actually had to wait in line for the stuff — and even then only if your license plate ended in an odd or even number depending on the day.

Leave it to Jack Nicholson to pull up in a modified Chevy running on hydrogen to prove to everyone how possible it was not to depend on oil companies for energy. Even more surreal — the hydrogen was created using electricity supplied by solar panels. All this — from over thirty years ago!”

Ecorazzi

I have to agree with the eco-blog on this one, if people had stood up and taken notice thirty years ago we might not be in such a pinch right now. Of course now I’m also wondering if Jack is on the list to get one of the latest hydrogen powered vehicles; like the BMW Hydrogen 7, that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt already tried out, or maybe the Honda FCX Clarity that Jamie Lee Curtis got her hands on.

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