Pirate's Cove

Because we’re all doomed from sea rise because Someone Else ate a burger, right?

Climate activists invest in property on beaches they say are disappearing

From Bill and Melinda Gates to climate envoy John Kerry, climate activists have sounded the alarm about how melting ice will soon raise the ocean to levels that swallow the world’s beaches.

But some of the country’s most vocal climate change activists have invested heavily in luxury oceanfront property along beaches they’ve claimed will be underwater one day due to rising sea levels.

Climate activists have long faced charges of hypocrisy from critics who accuse them of lecturing others about making sacrifices for the environment while declining to live by that example themselves. For instance, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were pilloried in the media in 2019 after the two flew on a private jet just days after Prince Harry wrote on social media that “every choice, every footprint, every action makes a difference” in protecting the environment. (snip)

Kerry spent $11.75 million in 2017 for a sprawling estate on the beach in Martha’s Vineyard. The property includes more than 18 acres of land on which his seven-bedroom home sits, overlooking the Vineyard Sound. (snip)

The Obamas own an $11.75 million mansion in Martha’s Vineyard, near the water as well [as a house in Hawii].(snip)

But Gore invested nearly $9 million into an ocean view property in Montecito, California, in 2009. The lush property had a swimming pool, spa, wine cellar, and six fireplaces.

How many other rich Warmists own homes at the beach? I’ll believe the people who tell me it’s a climate crisis when they start acting like it’s a crisis in their own lives.

Meanwhile

One Answer to Climate Change Is Right Under Your Feet

When heat waves hit, people start looking for anything that might lower the temperature. One solution is right beneath our feet: pavement.

Think about how hot the soles of your shoes can get when you’re walking on dark pavement or asphalt. A hot street isn’t just hot to touch—it also raises the surrounding air temperature.

Research shows that building lighter-colored, more reflective roads has the potential to lower air temperatures by more than 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit (1.4 C) and, in the process, reduce the frequency of heat waves by 41 percent across U.S. cities. But reflective surfaces have to be used strategically—the wrong placement can actually heat up nearby buildings instead of cooling things down. (snip)

Phoenix could reduce its summer temperatures even more—by 2.5 to 3.6 F (1.4 to 2.1 C)—but the effects in some parts of its downtown are complicated. In a few low, sparse downtown neighborhoods, we found that reflective pavement could raise the demand for cooling because of increased incident radiation on the buildings.

It’s a long piece which unintentionally describes the Urban Heat Island effect while still trying to yammer about anthropogenic climate change.