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On July 24, this year, I wrote a blog entry called “Tell Jay Leno to Get a Hydrogen Car“. Well, today the King of Late Night Comedy has one. Not that these two events are related, nor the fact that I asked you readers to email Jay and lobby him to get a vehicle. But, • Read More »

Hollywood actor and comedian Will Ferrell has been given the keys to a BMW Hydrogen 7 for everyday use. Ferrell is the first person afforded the use of the BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury sedan to use on an ongoing basis. The decision to hand over the keys to Ferrell is part of the newly initiated • Read More »

Yesterday, I talked about how to get involved in promoting hydrogen cars. Suggestion number 10 involved promoting hydrogen cars to celebrities. Well, this blog post is a call for “Jay Leno to get himself a hydrogen car!” Some other celebrities have recently been associated with hydrogen cars. Of course, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is onboard since • Read More »

In a week of celebrity sightings in relation to hydrogen cars, Prince Charles was spotted driving a Ford Focus FCV from Brighton to London, UK a day ahead of the eco rally along the same course. By driving the hydrogen car, Prince Charles raised the flag on the Veteran Car Run, which highlights alternative fuel • Read More »

Brad Pitt has a new love in his life and that is the BMW Hydrogen 7 automobile. Yes, Brad and Angelina are still together but for one night Pitt preferred the company of the BMW Hydrogen 7 that he arrived in for the premiere of his new movie, Ocean’s 13. Pitt showed up in the • Read More »

Yesterday, on World Environment Day, 17-year-old actress Q’orianka Kilcher showed up in Equador to protest ChevronTexaco’s dumping of 18.5 billion gallons of toxic chemicals into the Amazon rainforest between the 1960s and 1990s. Kilcher, who played Pocahontas in the movie “The New World” with Colin Farrell, today will join actress Daryl Hannah in opening the • Read More »

The next generation of cars is meeting the next generation of drivers. This is according to Honda Motor Company as they have just leased their Honda FCX fuel cell vehicle to 17-year-old Q’orianka Kilcher, who starred as Pocahontas in the movie “The New World” with Colin Farrell. The hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will also be • Read More »

A month or so ago, just before the State of the Union address, I decided to put my activist’s cap on and write my local U. S. Senator in California, Diane Feinstein about the need for a future filled with hydrogen cars and other green vehicles and green technology. Yesterday, I received a response back. • Read More »

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, best known for his 1969 moonwalk with Neil Armstrong (not Michael Jackson) has been named to the board of directors of Neah Power Systems, Inc. Neah is a leader in micro fuel cell technology for portable devices. Buzz Aldrin is no stranger to fuel cells, either. The Apollo spacecraft he traveled • Read More »

Before Ed Begley, Jr., Tom Hanks and Peter Horton were promoting the wonders of the electric car, Jack Nicholson was driving a Chevrolet hydrogen car. Before Forrest Gump was knocking out delta docks with a shrimp boat, Jack was telling people that you can handle the truth and the truth is hydrogen is clean, green • Read More »