By Antony Bond (BonaireTalker - Post #21) on Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 12:33 pm: |
For those of you who have not noticed, please check your water bill. It appears that WEB have made a "mistake" by putting a one in front of the final cost of the bill.
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #525) on Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 5:31 pm: |
For which month is the bill you refer to? My most recent bill is for October. Is the inflated bill for November?
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By Ruth van Tilburg (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #449) on Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 10:39 pm: |
They probably figured we're so sticker-shocked by the electricity bills that we won't notice water bill increases. Thanks for the heads up-I haven't noticed any water bill problems lately...then again, ONE of my electricity bills this month is over 7.9k fls (all bills together = are over fls 13k = appx US$7k). At least I have until Wednesday to pay.....
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By Lee Cuevas (BonaireTalker - Post #73) on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 3:12 pm: |
Ruth,
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By Ruth van Tilburg (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #451) on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 7:52 pm: |
Yes, for my KFC (and all of my fryers are LP Gas). Double what I was paying 6 mos ago. My home bill is around only $1k...
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By Lee Cuevas (BonaireTalker - Post #74) on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 11:26 am: |
1k per month! Is that for all utilities or just water?
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By pat murphy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #484) on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 1:50 pm: |
we just got our mcb statement...the august WEB bills were on it. i was wondering why our water and electric was over $325 US when we weren't even there. are they planning on giving refunds? including refunds to the bank accounts? or will they just credit it against future bills?
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By Antony Bond (BonaireTalker - Post #22) on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 2:57 pm: |
To all that have asked specific questions. Sorry for the delayed response, I have had difficulty logging on.
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By pat murphy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #489) on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 4:41 pm: |
do they generally read the meters every month or do they sometimes estimate for a few months and catch up with an actual reading?
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By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #277) on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 6:59 pm: |
They read every month, but the people doing that have sometimes a blurred vision, so mistakes occur, (positive and negative), but faulty meter-readings are corrected automatically next month.
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By Vince DePietro (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #155) on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 7:28 pm: |
Since we recently purchased down there I must say these WEB postings are quite disconcerting..
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By pat murphy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #496) on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 7:57 pm: |
vince, it's paid because it came out of our bank account. i'll check copies of the bills when we get there in february and see what i can do.
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By Jerry Gauron (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #222) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 1:06 pm: |
Wind farms, solar power, Bonaire has everything needed to brake away from oil. Think long term.
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By Becky Hauser (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #123) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 2:09 pm: |
Jerry, good point about solar and wind... is there any move on Bonaire to go that direction?
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By Mickey McCarthy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #237) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 2:34 pm: |
Hi
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By Cynde Loo Hoo (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #15849) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 3:00 pm: |
Mickey, no, WEB did not make Dive Inn take down their windmill. It had been inoperable for quite some time and they (Dive Inn) had it removed. It had nothing to do with WEB...
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By Jerry Gauron (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #225) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 3:00 pm: |
Mickey,
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #556) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 3:18 pm: |
Earlier threads have discussed these issues.
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By Jerry Gauron (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #227) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 3:19 pm: |
WEB stopped them from using it years ago. I think they got to a point where they (Dive inn) was selling power back into the system?
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By pat murphy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #499) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 4:07 pm: |
tish, we also know people in the kunuku who use solar power and cisterns. i guess they aren't forced to connect but we have also heard that if you have access to the grid you aren't allowed to supplement with wind or solar power. we know people who collect rainwater, hundreds of gallons at a time, for non-drinking water. you can recognize them...they have the really clean trucks.
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By Ron Gould (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #394) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 5:04 pm: |
Dive Inn has been in business for 22 years and the Wind Mill has never worked during that time. Babs had it removed for insurance reasons. The generating mechanism was frozen and the repair was too expensive. This information is from Babs the owner/operater of Dive Inn... Ron
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By Jerry Gauron (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #231) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 5:22 pm: |
Thanks Ron,
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #557) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 7:37 pm: |
Thanks, Ron! Rumors take on a life of their own, don't they?
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By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #281) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 7:44 pm: |
WEB and self generating electricity and/or water.
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #559) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 7:52 pm: |
Thanks, Harrie! As always, you're a wonderful fund of information!!
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By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #282) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 8:00 pm: |
Oh Tish, please!
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By Jerry Gauron (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #232) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 8:11 pm: |
No,No,please no traffic lights!
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By Mickey McCarthy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #238) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 9:40 pm: |
Harrie
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By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #283) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 10:02 pm: |
Mickey,
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #560) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 11:19 pm: |
You obviously have not been trying to make a turn anywhere in Playa at noon and at 5 recently. impossible! Nothing relaxed about it.
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By Kelly Baum (GDLW) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3620) on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 11:34 pm: |
Tish, stop it, you are scaring the first-timers! LOL!
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By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #284) on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 6:16 am: |
Kelly:
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #562) on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 8:19 am: |
And this board likes you very much too, Harrie!
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By Nathalie (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #106) on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 10:35 am: |
Is there any talk of public transport? Perhaps shuttle buses in and out of Playa to parking lots at the edge of town, residential neighborhoods, and up and down the hotel strips. How about a few non-polluting electric mini-buses that do continuous loops on several different routes? On Bermuda there is a limit to the number of cars a household can own, tourists are not allowed to rent cars (I‘m not suggesting this for Bonaire), and they have a clean, safe, reliable, public transport system. I know, all it would take is money.
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #565) on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 11:32 am: |
If you drive around Bonaire's barios you will spot bus stops. Shuttle buses stop there early morning and return people to them after work. These shuttles are used by people who do not have cars or whose cars are not working. The traffic jams occur in Playa despite these buses.
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2264) on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 3:00 pm: |
Re cost of gasoline in V. It costs the Gulf states less than $3. to deliver each 44 gallon barrel of crude oil to a ship, which pays $60-odd dollars a barrel, the price we hear quoted. So $0.12 a gallon for gasoline in-country is very possible. And, of course, the $60/barrel we pay subsidizes V!
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