Fellow peons-Do you like going to the beach but find the hot sand a bother?

[underpants]

A new Versace hotel in Dubai is going to feature an air-conditioned beach. Ha, and all this time I thought beaches were supposed to be hot.

A system of heat-absorbing pipes and giant wind blowers will "keep tourists cool in the searing 40-50C (104-122F) heat." Soheil Abedian, president of Palazzo Versace hotel that will be home to the refrigerated beach, said: "We will suck the heat out of the sand to keep it cool enough to lie on. This is the kind of luxury that top people want."

The city's continued expansion will also add to its huge carbon footprint. Each person living in Dubai has a carbon footprint of more than 44 tons of CO2 a year.

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/12/dubai_resort_building_aircondi.php

A View From the Other Side: Dubai Plans to Cool Sizzling Sandy Beach
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dubai's out this world's Palazzo Versace located in the Culture Village has hired Hyder Consulting to use their innovative engineering talents to cool off the hotel/condominium resort's sizzling hot sandy beaches. Hyder Consulting has a long-term presence in the Middle East and offers engineering services, including environmentally sustainable buildings, infrastructure solutions, mechanical and electrical expertise. According to Soheil Abedian, president of Palazzo Versace, "We will suck the heat out of the sand to keep it cool enough to lie on." Palazzo Versace will be completed sometime in late 2009 to 2010.
http://www.physorg.com/news148584299.html

Frank Deford the noted sports writer has a famous "Deford test" -you can judge a society on how it treats its animals and its beaches.

[HughBeaumont]

1. Isn't it nice to know SOMEONE has money to torch . . . .

. . . while the world's middle, working and poor classes are in for an almost certain lifetime of corporate servitude, whether they're physically and mentally up for it or not?

[lonestarnot]

2. Fucking A.

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