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Adding another comment because I can no longer edit my original. - Power instability causes serious economic damage to individuals, families and small business
by sergiomattei 2y ago
Adding another comment because I can no longer edit my original.
- Power instability causes serious economic damage to individuals, families and small businesses. Imagine establishing a business in an island where you don't know if you'll have power today.
- In PR, you don't buy groceries for an entire month. The power goes out once and all your food is ruined. Families bear the brunt of these reliability failures.
- Outages damage your appliances. This is even more economic damage to families and the poor. A couple years ago, in jest, protesters from across the island took their damaged appliances to the power company headquarters and dropped them off there.
- Diabetics have to use generators or special machines to keep their insulin refrigerated.
I could keep going. It's a shame that this absurdity is happening in the wealthiest country in the world.
- quesera 2y agoI support Puerto Rican statehood and representation in US federal elections†. Until then, I don't see any hope of meaningful federal support in times of Puerto Rican crisis. Too many Americans are not sure whether Hawaii is a state, or if Rhode Island is an island. The amount of time that PR occupies anyone's thoughts in Real America™ is basically nil. Just like Trinidad, or Turks and Caicos. "Oh, I know someone who took a cruise there. They don't speak English do they?" That's it. † I also support Puerto Rican self-determination and independence. :) But that path will not bring FEMA, or infrastructure investment.