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[Johnoly]

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4th cruise ship pier?

One possible reason ( and return on investment) for the new cable is "Cruise Ship Shore Power"
It's currently being done in Florida and especially in Miami's port. It cost them $25 million per terminal pier to install it and then they charge the docking ship for energy use. This allows the cruise ship (a floating small city, bigger than any hotel the island could build) to shut down it's generators while docked for 8-12+ hours. The cost is comparable to their fuel burn but the benefit is a big reduction of those engine hours (wear & tear) as well as down time to do generator maintenance. They promote it's reduced emissions but in reality it's a huge cruise ship savings in down time and equipment life span. Since 6-12 cruise ships are already using the dockage, that's an immediate customer, unlike the 2+ years it would take for a hotel to be built. When the ships leave at night, that un-used capacity is available to the island homes overnite when demand rises.

 

[OregonDM]

I hate the cruise ships and everything they stand for and do to the environment, so I am loathe to support anything that is good for them. That said, if this means they can shut down their engines and not sit idling at the dock with the nasty black stream of smoke coming out their smokestacks for hours on end, then I guess count me as a fan. Seeing that always makes me mad.

 

[ggunn]

I hate the cruise ships and everything they stand for and do to the environment, so I am loathe to support anything that is good for them. That said, if this means they can shut down their engines and not sit idling at the dock with the nasty black stream of smoke coming out their smokestacks for hours on end, then I guess count me as a fan. Seeing that always makes me mad.

Unfortunately, anything on Cozumel that is good for cruise ships means that more of them will come.

An old friend of ours who lived and ran a shop on Cozumel for decades packed up and moved to Merida about 15 years ago because of what the cruise ships have been doing to the island he grew up on. When we asked him what prompted him to leave, he just said, "Cozumel is a whore."

 

[scubbq]

Whore for sure. Cruising out for Blackwater from Fonatur Marina, you could see the trails all the way from the southern tip. Sink them all and shame those that support them.

 

[ggunn]

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Whores for sure.

The cruise ships are the johns. They pay a lot of money for the pleasure of screwing Cozumel.

 

[ibj40]

Authorities say agreement reached to transfer tiger reported in Cozumel apartment - Riviera Maya News

Cozumel, Q.R. -- Island authorities responded to 9-1-1 reports of a tiger that was seen in the window of a top floor apartment.

riviera-maya-news.com

 

[ggunn]

Authorities say agreement reached to transfer tiger reported in Cozumel apartment - Riviera Maya News

Cozumel, Q.R. -- Island authorities responded to 9-1-1 reports of a tiger that was seen in the window of a top floor apartment.

riviera-maya-news.com

Anyone who keeps a "pet" in his apartment that will eventually grow to be a 600 lb apex predator needs a serious mental health intervention.