Cool travel website: www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Power-hungry/

Site:
www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Power-hungry/

Lowdown: For anyone who wonders about how and why cruise ships’ electrical systems keep failing, this travel industry journal explains it all. Fascinating details such as: Air conditioning sucks up half of a ship’s power while it’s in port; pod-shaped propulsion systems are most trouble-prone, and Carnival Corp., its reputation damaged by cruise mishaps, plans to install backups for its backup generators — a triple redundancy.