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The billionaire philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates have purchased an extraordinary beach house outside San Diego – splashing out on $43 million for an oceanfront mansion in the coastal town of Del Mar, California.

The sale of the beachfront property marks the second-priciest home sale in San Diego County history. Ironically, the biggest was for the same house for $48.2 million in 2007.
#136363
And now, the rest of the story hypocrite johnny doesn't want you to know:

In 2021, Afraid of Rising Seas, Bill Gates Bought Oceanfront House and then Tore It Down because it was threatened by expected sea level rise

That's how afraid of rising seas he is--he simply tore down a $48 million house that was threatened by sea level rise from climate change.

It's called putting your money where your mouth is. (Something johnforbes is too chickenshit to ever do. Hypocrisy is so much cheaper.)

Then Gates built a new house on a new six-or-eight-feet higher foundation to put the new house well above the expected 2-foot rise in sea level this century.

This use of human reason to address a coming environmental problem just stymies the dunderheaded johnforbes. This is his idea of a partisan "Gotcha!"--- "Gates bought some land on the ocean and built a house that will be safe from sea level rise!" Oh, the 'hypocrisy', eh, dimwit?
#136367
^^^^^^^ ...and johnforbes fucks himself over again with his usual blatant lies.


"Bill Gates, with an estimated net worth of 134.5 billion, seemingly managed to maintain one of the properties he and Melinda bought in 2020, prior to their divorce. Since they only roll in high circles, the power couple had purchased it from Madeleine Pickens, the former wife of billionaire oil baron T. Boone Pickens, Wall Street Journal reported. It had landed on the market for $48 million, and the couple seemingly got it with a $5 million discount.

But the Windows co-founder decided to demolish it completely. He’s rebuilding it from the ground up and customizing it to his heart’s desire, The [New York] Post reported. Although the mansion was in “immaculate condition,” according to a real estate agent, the Windows Bill Gates still wanted to tear it down."-Monica Coman

So, as even a mindless partisan clown like johnforbes can see, more than "a word" that I posted was true. His handlers at his partisan propaganda sites for dimwits simply don't tell him anything that doesn't fit with their partisan narrative, and johnforbes can't be bothered to find out more than they tell him.
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"Gates, who purports to believe in rising seas, built oceanfront."-johflubs

Yes, so what? Who cares, dimwit? That's as stupid as saying that it's somehow hypocritical to build houses in earthquake zones when all one need do is be smart and design the house to survive earthquakes. It is perfectly okay to live beside the ocean. All you need do is build intelligently to accommodate the future threat from rising seas.

Come back when the rising seas actually cause damage to his new storm resistant house, dummy.

Until then, shut up already. Nobody cares about your silly partisan hogwash.
#136385
"The global warming hogwash had nothing to do with storms."-johnfibs

It has everything to do with storms, dimwit. Storms occur under low pressure cells which allow for sea level surges of 5 to 15 feet. Stop parading your gross ignorance of the dangers of climate change.


"Yet Kerry, Gates, and Obama ALL bought very expensive oceanfront mansions."-Dimwitjohnny

...which are all well above the danger levels of a projected 2 foot sea level rise in the next 80 years. Every one of those people you hate so much will be dead long before sea level rise threatens their homes.

What part of that don't you understand, dummy?

It's place like the Maldives, 25% of Bangladesh, and 56% of Miami-Dade County that will be inundated by sea level rise.

If you notice, none of those people you pretend are hypocrites bought homes in those places. Only ignorant clowns like Trump did so.

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