George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽There are some 3,000 patients on dialysis machines in Cuba who are at risk of dying from a prolonged blackout.
TheEJJ 🇨🇦@georgetakei get these poor people solar panels.
Felis_Catus_DomesticusLarger ships in port also have generators..
hook them into the grid- ship to shore power.
Cubans are resourceful people. Ships can also sail away and get more diesel somewhere else.
Not ideal, but it'd work.
or use them as temporary improvised hospital ships..
power, lights, A/C..
floating hospitals not subject to blackouts, as long as there is diesel to be had.
WellsiteGeo@Felis_Catus_Domesticus @TheEjj @georgetakei
"power, lights, A/C.."
... rats, companionways too narrow to get a gurney past a mobile patient or other person, corners for dirt to accumulate in. Beds and doorways with edges on them to stop people rolling about and water sloshing through the doorways (very important for ship stability!)
Have you ever been on a working ship? One with 85% of the volume for cargo and 5% for crew.
@WellsiteGeo @TheEjj @georgetakei
Not the type of ship I had in mind. Duh. Clearly not every ship will be suitable for sick people. But any ship that can help, would be helpful. Obviously. Just like every ambulance that transports patients is doing something useful, even if there is not exactly 1 ambulance for each person that needs one.
A lot of people missing the point on the Fedi today. Maybe something in the drinking water?
Saupreiss #Präparat500 🗽It is not generators that they are lacking, but oil to fuel them.
@Saupreiss @TheEjj @georgetakei
my suggestion was not a long term solution but a temporary emergency one for patients with dire & severe medical needs.
Yes Cuba lacks many things.. the list is long.
This is hardly new information.
Oil is going to be a global problem for everyone- rich and poor alike- for the near future, and likely longer than that.
@Felis_Catus_Domesticus @TheEjj @georgetakei
Ships don't generally have the equipment to bring their generators into phase with an external power system (why would they?), so you'd end up with 2/3 of the power from the port going to heat up the ship's generators.
Cuchelain@WellsiteGeo @Felis_Catus_Domesticus @TheEjj @georgetakei They would to synchronize with shore power before shutting down their engines. That would likely only be larger ships.