In the hotel zone, most of the year the seaweeds are not an issue like in PDC so the use would be limited. I agree with you that it seems an overkill for just 2 resorts. Maybe a company would buy it and offer the service to a number of resorts in the same area. The city seems indeed the most logical potential buyer. But If I were working for a resort I would not want to rely on the local government and I would try to make sure to have access to this service when I need it.By the way, it seems that some investors thought of making money off this problem (good for them!) , they build a Sargaboat. Vidanta signed an agreement to buy a boat. I hope Westin Lagunamar and Westin Cancun will follow, they can share the cost.
"A first contract was signed with the Vidanta hotel group, which has a dozen establishments in Mexico, both on the east coast and on the west coast. Several beaches of its hotels were free of seaweed for the first time in three years at this time of the year thanks to Sargaboat. Vidanta even plans to take advantage of seaweed, recycling cargoes recovered at sea in fertilizer and biogas. Several other hoteliers in the Riviera Maya have shown interest in the technology now that they have seen it in action, says Cyril Paciullo"
The source is in French but you can use google translate
http://outremers360.com/planete/des...GENAY_cvrA5tHd8Xspk_kYSinLWFTIFxzBmA36Z30BVZo
I was just in Ft Lauderdale visiting a friend. The seaweed problem is really bad and people are swimming in it!
The seaweed is thick in the ocean where you enter the water. It makes the shoreline look black. It ruins an otherwise beautiful ocean. I wonder what Florida will do to solve this problem. I would not go in the ocean knowing how toxic the seaweed could be.
It is very sad how the oceans have changed in the past 20 years. This was unheard of when I was growing up. We’d occasionally get a little seaweed on the shore and it would be gone. Now hundreds of thousands (possibly millions) of pounds of seaweed are lying in the ocean at the shoreline. The shocker to me is people swimming in it.
This is a comment on Florida. I do not know how severe the problem is in Mexico. I saw seaweed in the ocean in St Vincent and the Grenadines too but it was not a lot like in Ft Lauderdale. This seems to be a region wide problem in Florida and the Caribbean. I was in St Thomas and the BVIs this summer and I do not recall seeing a seaweed there. It would be interesting to start a seaweed thread and track where the problems are.
The Sargassum problem in Florida may help Orlando. People go to the beach for the ocean and they pay significantly more for that. Some may opt instead for Orlando where they do not have that problem and it is cheaper.I was just in Ft Lauderdale visiting a friend. The seaweed problem is really bad and people are swimming in it!
The seaweed is thick in the ocean where you enter the water. It makes the shoreline look black. It ruins an otherwise beautiful ocean. I wonder what Florida will do to solve this problem. I would not go in the ocean knowing how toxic the seaweed could be.
It is very sad how the oceans have changed in the past 20 years. This was unheard of when I was growing up. We’d occasionally get a little seaweed on the shore and it would be gone. Now hundreds of thousands (possibly millions) of pounds of seaweed are lying in the ocean at the shoreline. The shocker to me is people swimming in it.
This is a comment on Florida. I do not know how severe the problem is in Mexico. I saw seaweed in the ocean in St Vincent and the Grenadines too but it was not a lot like in Ft Lauderdale. This seems to be a region wide problem in Florida and the Caribbean. I was in St Thomas and the BVIs this summer and I do not recall seeing a seaweed there. It would be interesting to start a seaweed thread and track where the problems are.
The Sargassum problem in Florida may help Orlando. People go to the beach for the ocean and they pay significantly more for that. Some may opt instead for Orlando where they do not have that problem and it is cheaper.
I know that it can be yucky to some but it does not gross me out actually if it is not too much. Do I like it? NO. But I think it is the Nature's way to clean the pollutants that we have dumped in the ocean. Maybe be the nature is still trying to clean the BP oil spill from 2010.The seaweed problem in Ft Lauderdale is right in front of the beach where the new Four Seasons is being built. We had dinner at the W. All the fancy hotels are located right in front of a seaweed infested beach. My friends were swimming in the seaweed and did not question or comment on it. I asked why it was so black and they said seaweed but offered no other comments. It is like the elephant in the room.
I know that it can be yucky to some but it does not gross me out actually if it is not too much. Do I like it? NO. But I think it is the Nature's way to clean the pollutants that we have dumped in the ocean. Maybe be the nature is still trying to clean the BP oil spill from 2010.