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Is it me? Or is it getting hot out here!?!

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Commercial Real Estate Agent with NAI Tampa Bay

This story made my brain actually freeze up for a small period of time, while the sheer volume and logistics of this project began to form in my feeble mind...

I thoroughly enjoy the ironic hypocrisy this story elicits... A middle east country over-indulging and flaunting pure waste and elitism, while others around the globe suffer... Anyhow, an immensly interesting and creative, to say the least, article that garnered my attention...

Enjoy.

"The world's first refrigerated beach is to be built at a luxury hotel in Dubai so the filthy rich holidaymakers don't burn their feet on the scalding hot sand," the UK Mail reports.

The revolutionary beach will sit next to the new Palazzo Versace hotel and will include a system of heat-absorbing pipes built under the sand and giant wind blowers, designed to keep tourists cool in the searing 40-50C heat.

The hotel, which is due to open late next year or early 2010, will be controlled by thermostats linked up to computers and feature a cooled swimming pool.

However, the plans have been criticised by campaigners who are infuriated by the potential impact on climate change. Rachel Noble, of Tourism Concern, said: 'Dubai is like a bubble world where the things that are worrying the rest of the world, like climate change, are simply ignored so people can continue destructive lifestyles.'

 

TO VIEW ARTISTS RENDERING OF RESORT...

 

VISIT   -      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/refrigerated-beach-in-dub_n_151155.html

Comments (1)

Kelevra Enterprises
Kelevra Enterprises - Akron, OH

Uhhhh... Yeah, this is insane!

K

Dec 26, 2008 01:25 AM