which apparently poses no problem for the U.S. government, which is responsible for the harsh sanctions against the Cuban people. Godβs own country, with its nationalist, Christian fundamentalist government, shows no mercy or consideration as long as no one pays for it in dollars
Their stupid base being MAGA who worships Trump and likes this cruelty, and the Bernie bros who worship Bernie and think both sides are the same. The Democrats and their base have nothing to do with the current situation.
Larger 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.
@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?
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.
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My country, the UK, is complicit in grievous bodily harm in Cuba if not actual multiple homicides!
My government doesn't mind when our allies bomb hospitals (although we have to wait to see what an investigation reveals, it's probably the nations that are "at war with us" who are bombing themselves) so merely helping deprive nations of fuel ain't no thang!
My disagreeing with my government means that I am a terrorist (among other things on the list)!
Trump is an awful human being and a mass murderer at this point, but the Iranian regime is awful in its own right. Nobody wants to live under a religious dictatorship that brutalizes its own citizens.
"Nobody wants to live under a religious dictatorship that brutalizes its own citizens."
That would be why Canada is seeing increasing citizenship applications from qualifying Americans.
Not that foreign citizenship is any protection in America.
Honestly, idle cruise ships could also fill this role, temporarily, but I doubt the cruise lines would ever be so generous.
The oil blockade is a plain act of war. But the UN really does not exist anymore, and who can attack who has become a game of thrones.
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