I guess I just don't get it

I'm linking to a story about big, REALLY big houses, whose owners don't want to be seen as "anti-environmental". Can't fathom what I'm talking about? (I really don't blame you - it's hard to imagine the stupidity of these people). Consider:

In North Carolina, the owners of a 4,600-square-foot home that cost $1.2 million wanted it to be as "green" as possible, so they spent $120,000 on solar power.

In Colorado, using recycled materials, an architecture professor built a 4,700-square-foot home that uses geothermal heating and cooling and was on the market recently for $930,000.

And in Southern California, a husband-and-wife architect team who say that they "came of age during the '60s and '70s at U.C. Berkeley" also relied on recycled materials--in building a second home six hours from their primary residence.

The funny thing is, few of these people have large families. Many of them have no children at all. But, they want their space - lots of it.

And, they also want to feel good about it, so they install "natural" parts to take away their discomfort with their "McMansions".

Crazy.