Remember the Segway? That weird vehicle that was going to revolutionize transportation when the two-wheeled, self-balancing vehicle that runs on a rechargeable battery, debuted amid massive hype in 2001. Well, sometimes timing is everything. Though it worked fairly well, its $5,000 price point was considered a deal breaker for a vehicle limited to 25 miles per charge. How times -- and escalating gas prices -- have changed. The Wall Street Journal reports that sales this quarter are expected to jump 50% from a year earlier, versus a 25% year-over-year increase in the first quarter. In addition to average folks, cities like Seattle and Aurora, IL are adapting Segways for local enforcement. And even small businesses are finding that a customized Segway is a nice way to make local deliveries.

There's more news being made in the war against high gas prices. And this time it's coming from Hollywood celebs, the maligned group of high net worth, high-cheekboned people who often find themselves on the forefront of the green movement. Even as Leonardo DiCaprio gets criticized for flying in private jets, he gets points for driving a Hybrid. Now reports the LA times Joely Fisher received a BMW Hydrogen 7 Series loaner from BMW Clean Energy. Fisher will use the car for the next three weeks and joins a long list of Los Angeles notables such as Jay Leno, Cameron Diaz and Magic Johnson to drive new alternative fuel vehicles. "Oscar-winning writer and director Paul Haggis owns four Toyota Priuses and is high on the waiting list to buy a $100,000 Tesla electric roadster. But when he heard about the new Honda FCX Clarity, a hydrogen-powered car that gets 270 miles on a tank and emits nothing but water, he was desperate to drive it."

Joely's vehicle gets just 130 miles per tank and can be filled only by a trained professional, who takes it to Oxnard and refuels it with liquid hydrogen cooled to 423 degrees below zero, a round trip that can take three hours. But "the sedan comes with a feature that's worth the hassle: 'Bragging rights,' Fisher said, laughing."

Hooray for Hollywood!