Cuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisis (www.aljazeera.com)

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Fun fact: USSR provided Cuba provided with discounted oil in exchange for Cuban sugar at above market prices.

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[-] Des@hexbear.net 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

come on Russia. im sure you need some tasty sugar, rum, cigars, etc. and you got all this oil that's complicated to sell on the U.S. dominated market

(but honestly wish China would just donate a bunch of solar panels or do a Belt & Road and build them some power plants in exchange for some port access or something)

[-] Speaker@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

I'm sure the Hitlerian state of Amerikkka would be extremely chill about China having access to ports visible from Key West.

[-] HelltakerHomosexual@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago

the american state is a rabid animal with nothing in its mind but genocidal intent

[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

China has announced the construction of 92 solar farms in Cuba as part of a joint effort to address the island’s energy crisis. The projects, carried out in collaboration between Cuban and Chinese companies, aim to add more than 2,000 megawatts to the island’s National Electric System.

It's underway but not really happening very quickly

[-] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

For reference, cuba's energy consumption is about 120 ~~MWh~~ GWh per year

[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

MWh? That can't be right, that's too low (although I appreciate the numbers for reference)

The US DOE says about 16 TWh which sounds more reasonable for a population of ~11 million.

2GW times 24 hours time 365 days times a capacity factor of 20 percent is an annual production of 3.5 TWh so the planned solar farms would cover about 20 percent of annual usage

[-] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No idea why the numbers are so different. The numbers I found were 120 GWh (not MWh, it was a typo). But that is still significantly less than the us doe estimate.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 month ago

part of me wants to call this the american gaza; but i think that's an injustice to the actual gaza considering what's been happening in the last year.

[-] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 1 month ago

It is a pretty hypocritcal thing tho how they are trying to act like they care about keeping innocent people fed while starving Cuba and allowing Israel to not just starve but slaughter Gazans.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 month ago

it only matters that they publicly appear to care; see kamala's reaction to the genocide and her continued popular support despite it for more details.

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

Democrats were all in a huff when Trump rolled back some of the pro-Cuban stuff that happened under Obama (despite those not being much help, if any), only to have Biden get elected and continue Trump's policies.

[-] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Dems are still trying to win Florida even tho the gusanos in Miami will never be happy.

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Ridiculous really, Florida is lost for good

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

The world will improve a little when that state is underwater.

[-] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago

The actual Gaza is already the American Gaza given how much they support Israel

[-] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 34 points 1 month ago

BRICS please come in clutch at the summit in a few days timmy-pray

[-] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

Take Cuba off the state sponsors of terror list, Biden. We're not asking you to nationalize industries or end all wars. Just write a little note that costs you or your country nothing and will save thousands of lives. There was literally no factual basis for putting them on the list, it was Trump on his way out. You can even score political points by saying "look how terrible Trump was, it's over now."

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago

It should be noted that Cuba is going through a lot but it’s still in better shape than Capitalist Haiti.

[-] Beaver@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

A better comparison might be to the capitalist Dominican Republic, which is a very similar country both in culture and history. Cuba's nominal and PPP per capita GDP are very similar, and they have similar HDI.