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A few things you should
know about Nevis
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – There’s a lot
more to Nevis than meets the eye, although
what does meet the eye is rather sensational: a
36-squaremileCaribbeanparadise surrounded
by some of the world’s finest beaches.
For starters, it’s a haunt of the rich and famous
– Oprah, Beyonce and Jay Z, Keith Richards,
Michael Douglas, Janet Jackson, Sylvester
Stallone and Meryl Streep, to name a few.
It’s also big on history. British naval hero
Horatio Nelson was married here. Alexander
Hamilton, America’s first secretary of the
treasury and the architect of what we now
know as the capitalist system, was born here.
So was the Caribbean’s tourism industry –
the stately Bath Hotel, built in 1778, was the
NREI, this is primarily because they lie near and
above two continental plate boundaries where
volcanic activity has created high-temperature
reservoirs “at sufficiently shallowdepths tomake
their development reasonably practical and
economically competitive.”
This is good news for the Caribbean as geothermal
has an impressive array of advantages over other
known sources of energy. It’s much more efficient
thandiesel,thecostlyimportedsourceofgenerating
electrical power for just about all of the Caribbean,
and it doesn’t billow greenhouse gases into the air,
another important factor amid growing concerns
over global warming. Unlike wind or solar power,
which depend on prevailing weather conditions
– there’s no solar power if the sun isn’t shining, no
windpowerifthere’snowind–geothermalenergy
is always available.
This is good news for the Caribbean as
geothermal has an impressive array of advantages
over other known sources of energy.
first hostelry in the entire region catering
specifically to visitors, among them British
and European aristocracy.
Nevis was also a major producer of sugar, once
the world’s most precious commodity and the
profits from which helped finance Britain’s
monumental Industrial Revolution.
One thing Nevis doesn’t have? A traffic light.
Neither does its sister island of St. Kitts, but
the nation does have a seat in the United
Nations.
The federation was governed for just under
two decades by former Prime Minister Denzil
Douglas, who was the longest serving head of
state in theAmericaswhenhis Labour Partywas
voted out of power in February, 2015. The new
Team Unity government is headed by Prime
Minister, Dr. the HonourableTimothy Harris.
Clearing the Hurdles
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