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2024-10-27 Caribbean-Latin America

‘There is no money': Cuba fears total collapse amid grid failure and financial crisis

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Posted by Besoeker 2024-10-27 07:41|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 How's that communism working out for you ?

Posted by Besoeker 2024-10-27 07:44|| 2024-10-27 07:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Cuba at one time (40-50 years ago) actually had a pretty decent power grid that the Russians helped them assemble. Unfortunately negligence and graft has left it woefully under-maintained.

They've even pulled in three Turkish 'PowerShip' generating stations to supplement the system, but it has not been enough.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-10-27 08:13|| 2024-10-27 08:13|| Front Page Top

#3 The problem is, you don't produce anything, and nobody needs you.
Wants, maybe. Needs, no.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-10-27 10:34|| 2024-10-27 10:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Without power, sleep becomes difficult in the heat, food spoils and the water supply fails.

California Dreaming

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-10-27 10:43|| 2024-10-27 10:43|| Front Page Top

#5 You think anyone will learn from this?

I don't.

Commies gonna commie.

Posted by alanc 2024-10-27 11:17|| 2024-10-27 11:17|| Front Page Top

#6 They've even pulled in three Turkish 'PowerShip' generating stations

What is Karadeniz Powership?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-10-27 11:17|| 2024-10-27 11:17|| Front Page Top

#7 From the link, at #6 - The Cuban oil-fired power plants are old and deficient; only five per cent of Cuba’s power comes from alternative energy resources. Cuba has employed seven floating powerplants, which will generate around 400 megawatts. The government plans to buy small diesel-powered land-based generators to support the grid and service its Soviet-era fuel-fired power plants.

Posted by Bobby 2024-10-27 12:22|| 2024-10-27 12:22|| Front Page Top

#8 If there's no money for fuel, how are they paying for the "power ships"?

Posted by KBK 2024-10-27 13:59|| 2024-10-27 13:59|| Front Page Top

#9 #8 If there's no money for fuel, how are they paying for the "power ships"?
Posted by: KBK 2024-10-27 13:59

KBK,

Barter - things like sugar, fish, other crops.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-10-27 14:14|| 2024-10-27 14:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Obviously real communism wasn't practiced. /sarc

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-10-27 14:26|| 2024-10-27 14:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Cuba is no Taiwan, now we know why China wants to snatch that island back! Cuba needs to apologize and ‘flip’ like what Puerto Rico is trying to do!

Posted by Kofi Stalin2068 2024-10-27 15:37|| 2024-10-27 15:37|| Front Page Top

#12 now we know why China wants to snatch that island back!

I’m clearly slow today. What do we know, Kofi Stalin2068?

Posted by trailing wife 2024-10-27 15:58|| 2024-10-27 15:58|| Front Page Top

#13 Hmm...further thinking about this as an opportunity. If we can calculate all the cost the illegals are costing us, could be not make a $$ deal in exchange for Cuba becoming one big Gitmo to deport them to? I know a guy who's big on making 'deals'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-10-27 15:59|| 2024-10-27 15:59|| Front Page Top

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