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Re: Plug ins for cruise ships?
[Re: Doc Bill]
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12/30/2019 10:57 AM
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All I know is there have been problems implementing them in New York. I do hope that eventually plugging in becomes the norm, if it reduces the burning of fossil fuel.
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Re: Plug ins for cruise ships?
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12/31/2019 10:03 AM
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……... Also, if it was mandatory I guess some would just go elsewhere. Ding, ding, ding!!! This is the Caribbean, not the US. Ships would just go elsewhere.
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Re: Plug ins for cruise ships?
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All good points. I would think that the cruise ship companies would share in the costs of infrastructure and also think that the generation of electricity on the island would produce far less pollution than the continuous running of huge generators. Also, if it was mandatory I guess some would just go elsewhere. Do you not understand that the electricity on the island is produced by the continuous running of huge generators?
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Re: Plug ins for cruise ships?
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YES, WE GET THAT! Discussing and hoping for a better future for our planet is a good thing to talk about. There will be many steps to get there and we need to start NOW.
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Re: Plug ins for cruise ships?
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This might be a stretch but....maybe the cruise ship generator s are running more efficent than GEBEs. Because of better maintenance..less pollution
Wendell Wouldn't surprise me! We can smell the diesel fumes from the GEBE ones at La Vista Beach.
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Re: Plug ins for cruise ships?
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This might be a stretch but....maybe the cruise ship generator s are running more efficent than GEBEs. Because of better maintenance..less pollution
Wendell I doubt if it's a stretch.
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Re: Plug ins for cruise ships?
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01/01/2020 09:38 AM
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GEBE has a difficult enough time trying to keep the lights on on a daily basis. As Georgia pointed out, the electricity gets generated from somewhere using Fossil Fuel. I am all for saving the planet but I don’t see SXM as being a leader down that path.
I also would be willing to bet that the generators on the Modern Cruise Ships are more efficient. JMHO
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Re: Plug ins for cruise ships?
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YES, WE GET THAT! Discussing and hoping for a better future for our planet is a good thing to talk about. There will be many steps to get there and we need to start NOW.
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Re: Plug ins for cruise ships?
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Natural gas combined cycle units are the way to go. Relatively clean and efficient. Just kinda tough to get large quantities of NG to an island without a pipeline.Surprises me is that larger islands, including sxm don't build a garbage burner. Takes care of 2 issues at once. After the initial cost, the fuel is "free".
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Re: Plug ins for cruise ships?
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I checked out the links. The one graded all the cruise ship lones 0 for non poluting. Carnival has some ships using LNG. About 50% set up for using on shore power. Also Carnival stated after the $40mil fine in 2016 for the 2013 in fractions on 5 ships (which wasn't using company policy) they did an internal audit and found a couple of other ships were violating company poluyion policy and was corrected. So to me looks biased (every line haf a 0 rating) and the cruise lines are being pro active on being non polluting.
Also what I don't see is the mention of the passengers are not making a polution in their home town..as they moved to a ship to usr lights,flush the toilet, leave food waste on the table.
Back to the origional statement. I don't see how GEBE could supply powet to 1 cruise ship without sacrificing service to SXM customers. Which then many resorts would have to power up their own diesel generator s Wendell
Last edited by SXMWendell; 01/02/2020 11:02 AM.
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