I only watched his show once or twice, but I remember geeky Living with Ed timing his wife in the shower, and climbing up on the roof to squeegie his solar panels. Not how I would want to live. Things got serious in Studio City when Bill Nye the Science Guy moved in to the neighborhood. Huffpo gawks:

Nye trumped Begley's old solar panels with a system that shows when he's making more power than he's using. Begley pushed to offset his wife's 20-minute showers with rain barrels to water the plants.

Begley long ago installed an Astro Turf lawn to save on water. He composts his garbage, cooks in an outdoor solar oven and grows his own produce. His sprinkler system electronically checks the forecast and shuts down if it's supposed to rain.

Instead of using pesticides, Begley lures slugs and snails away from his plants with trays of beer that kill them. Nye, who also has plots overflowing with produce, keeps raccoons away with an electric fence powered by a matchbox-sized solar panel.

It sounds like Ed's wife is going to go next. Astro Turf? An electric fence? I'd rather have weeds than Astro Turf. An outdoor solar oven would be lovely in Chicago in January. And I guess raccoons are sacrificed to the superior circle of life. Next up --battle of the Greenies vs. PETA. Surely there must be at least one animal rights enthusiast hanging around Studio City.