There is quite a number of Trendy Celebrity going into Green, notably by driving a green car. We have seen today the growing population of Hybrid cars with Toyota Prius as the dominant leader. This as it seems to be still rare in some area, though it is arguably that Leonardo DeCaprio has chosen Prius due to its rarity and not necessarily for its low Carbon emission.
Yet Trendy Celebrity Green Living extends to other type of power such as pure Electric Vehicle with very limited driving range as well as for example Hydrogen powered vehicle which is also limited due to its fuel station scarcity shows further that it is not yet a Life Style for every body but merely celebrity’s statement status.
Chip Foose another celebrity star on TLC’s Overhaulin' TV show who is actually more popular as a hot rod shop owner, automotive designer and fabricator, his Foose Coupe Supercar was once auctioned for $330,000. Though an avid automotive enthusiast, Foose has never designed any Classic Car based upon Green engine nor to be seen driving any Green car.
However Larry Hagman a popular TV star on Classic show such as the sitcom, I Dream of Jeannie, for NBC in 1965, and Dallas a CBS 1980’s prime-time soap opera, has been reportedly make a regular commute on a Prius as well from Los Angeles to his grand Mediterranean-style residence located atop Ojai’s picturesque Sulphur Mountain Road. But it is this house that truly shows a Green Living Life Style.
Larry and Maj have equipped the house with one of the largest residential solar power systems in the United States which could provide a huge 150 kilowatts energy per hour. A typical medium household with 4 fully air-conditioned rooms and Hot Water amenities etc. is supposedly required at max 33 kilowatts. The Hagman first installed the system in 2003 and subsequently their annual electric bill plummeted from $37,000 to a mere $13.
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