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It is strange for sure, but does the house size matter that much? If he uses renewable energy etc (I don’t know if he does), then it should be ok, no?

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Where Gates lives, the power is mostly from hydro, and you can pay a (surprisingly small) premium for 100% of your power to come from renewables.

Typically it is not ok considering cradle to grave of all materials, labor, transportation, etc.

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