This is outrageous! The man jet-sets around the world telling us plebs to stop being selfish and turn off our lights at night...yet he just bought an 8 million dollar mansion in Italy?! How can he justify this?! Should he be allowed to do this?! What about all the carbon he is wasting?! http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-hotprop-gore-20100428,0,4103538.story "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."