“You cannot blockade the sun”: how to help Cuba’s green transition
4h 44m ago by lemmy.ml/u/pete_link in world from belly-of-the-beast.kit.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44132390
Feb. 20, 2026
[from weekly newsletter about Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the Belly Of The Beast news/video collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]
Since the Trump administration imposed what amounts to an oil blockade on Cuba three weeks ago, most media outlets have focused on how the island has radically cut back fuel consumption. But that's not the only story: The Cuban government insists overcoming the energy crisis requires a bold shift to renewable energy. A new solidarity initiative offers ways you can help.
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We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky
First thing I thought of. I wouldn't put it past our current leadership to think blocking out the sun is a good idea
There wouldn't be much to lead soon after that, once all the crops die off
They're not thinking that far ahead
Musk already suggested it a few months ago