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Guess the seas aren't rising that much after all

30 April 2010

As a man well on his way to becoming the world's first climate change billionaire, it is not surprising that scaremonger-in-chief and his lovely wife Tipper would want to have a place where they could get away from it all ... preferably one with a swimming pool, spa, fountains, and nine bathrooms:

Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have added a Montecito-area property to their real estate holdings, reports the Montecito Journal.

The couple spent $8,875,000 on an ocean-view villa on 1.5 acres with a swimming pool, spa and fountains, a real estate source familiar with the deal confirms. The Italian-style house has six fireplaces, five bedrooms and nine bathrooms.

I don't begrudge the Gores their purchase, but it does seem a little odd, given that environmentalists are supposed to be all about sustainable architecture. But since Gore has made no small part of his fortune preaching that sea levels could rise by 20 feet (or 7 metres) due to unrestrained consumerism, doesn't his buying a seaside mansion seem a bit hypocritical, like a preacher being caught coming out of a brothel?

Or is it only the little people who need to live "sustainably"?