If that doesnt spike up use of renewables what is?
If you have solar powered homes and solar powered vehicles who needs oil anyways?
this post was submitted on 14 May 2026
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You need money to buy that and having no oil is basically a death sentence for a somewhat modern economy like that of Cuba. When the Soviet Union collapsed and that limited oil shipments to Cuba, there was a serious food shortage in the country. This was without the US actively stopping oil tankers from reaching the country.
nice going America, keep spreading misery in the world
Fuck the USA
Except Cuba and Venezuela, who will soon be the USA, and ground zero for resisting the MAGA regime
What makes you think he won't proceed to throw the "illegals" out of these new American states?
hes going to start targeting the same cubans,venezuelans, argentinas that voted him into power the last election.
Venezuela has a population of Vietnam around the start of the Vietnam War, is 20% larger than Afghanistan, and largely mountain and jungle. America is incapable of invading and occupying them.
they have a difficult time invading iran, its all mountains and deserts.
He'd have to kill them. The blowback would be harder if he tried to get them out. Every south American country would go to war.
This is a deeply concerning stark warning of what's to come for other nations nearby
Strange that Russia isn't helping Cuba.
Russia is bogged down in their war of conquest; they don’t have the ability to do anything else. See also: Syria and Armenia.
Isn't the US still blockading oil in to Cuba?
Yes. And it has a total blockade on oil shipments
Same with Canada.
putin you dumbfuck please help cuba
Putin is bogged down in his war of conquest; his oil export terminals thrashed and refineries burnt. He doesn’t have the ability to do anything else. See also: Syria and Armenia.
china has stepped up with shittons of solar.
He doesn't have oil to spare, his refineries are on fire or blown up.