Earlier this month, Al Robyan, one of Tripoli's most popular seafood restaurants, made an unusual offer: a table laden with seafood in exchange for "some fuel for the generator".
"We've run out of earthly solutions," the restaurant wrote on Facebook.
The post drew thousands of responses, with some joking that the fuel would cost more than the seafood on offer.
Over the summer, Libyans across the country have endured almost daily power outages lasting between six and 10 hours.
That might sound unusual for a hydrocarbon-rich country that produces more than 1.3 million barrels of oil a day and has a population of just over 7.5 million.
