LARRY HAGMAN who played the nefarious oil kingpin JR Ewing on Dallas is now singing a different tune – and he’s predicted the decline and fall of western civilization.
Instead of preaching petroleum the aging thesp is now mocking Sarah Palin by going "Shine baby Shine!" a play on her "Drill baby Drill!" mantra.
Yup, JR Ewing has gone solar.
"’Shine, baby, shine’ is an inexhaustible source of energy," Hagman, 78, said.
"When affordable oil gives out, we’re in real trouble — I mean the collapse of civilization, within 15 to 20 years."
Hagman who also starred as an astron-nut on I Dream of Jeanie said the demise of western civilization is no pipe induced opiate dream.
Hagman’ actually a longtime renewable-energy advocate who has installed what he believes to be the country’s largest residential solar system at his eco-estate north of Los Angeles.
He’s also on the board of the Solar Electric Light Fund, or SELF, a nonprofit that brings sun-powered projects to developing countries.
"We’ve got a work force that’s looking for jobs," he said. "We’ve got a long line of people returning from wars."
Hagman divulged "I’m well and happy and living in California, which has LOTS of sun."
