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China donates 70 tons of equipment to help Cuba restore its electric system (socialistchina.org)
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[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In recent months, the Chinese government has donated various components for the installation of photovoltaic parks (renewable energies based on sunlight) on the Caribbean island. The region’s climatic conditions make sunlight the most favorable source of renewable energy for the country.

Currently, more than 95% of the country’s power generation comes from fossil fuels, while only 5% comes from renewable sources. Cuba aims to generate up to 25% of its electric energy from renewable sources over the next five years. By 2050, the aim is to cover the entire energy matrix with electricity generation based on renewable energy sources.

i hope china can make this happen even faster

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago

can you imagine the U.S. ruling class brain explosions at the thought of a socially progressive, solarpunk green socialist Cuba? backed with China's soft power?

[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 days ago (2 children)

nicholson-yes

Really hoping they get into BRICS and it leads to a lot more of this.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They're already an associate member/partner, but I'm not sure what the difference between that and full member is.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Searching is a pain on Lemmy but we had a short post on this the other day! https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6627580

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

Oh, I didn't realize they'd been approved already. Awesome! stalin-approval

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

pretty sure they will get into BRICS

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This is ackshually China doing an imperialism on both Cuba and the United States, since everyone knows that imperialism is when you keep other countries from doing imperialism. The poor smol bean American government must be given more freedom to do what it wants

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is the main reason why I support a Russian victory in Ukraine and a multipolar world, not that I'm a fan of Putin's Russia, but a weakening of the most vicious and aggressive Imperialist power ever gives countries like Cuba, Venezuela, DPRK etc , some breathing room. Westoid leftists have the privilege of living in the safety from US Imperialism, so they can be "purists" and say Russia/China "Imperialism" is just as bad.

It doesn't matter if Russia/China, especially Russia, is helping these countries out of solidarity, it might just be geopolitics, but it still benefits these countries from the devastating US sanctions.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

exactly, it's critical support all the way

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

Same.

Hey, I’m just doing what dems told me to do: support the lesser of two evils.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days ago

Hell yeah, DO IT AGAIN AND MAKE IT BIGGER

[–] bdonvr 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Went to Cuba last summer. Beautiful country, very safe all over Havana. The people were incredibly nice.

What the US has done and continues to do is absolutely indefensible.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago

Hopefully china can support Cuba more so an american backed counter revolution doesn't work

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How hard would it be for China to provide half the island's need in wind and solar?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I imagine not that hard given just how cheap producing solar powers in China is at this point.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'll tell ye this: it's not the production that's hard, it's the sanctions

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Right, but it's becoming clear that the US is going to wage an economic war on China regardless of what they do, so the incentive to go along with what US wants is gone. Same goes for Russia incidentally.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

the US is going to wage an economic war on China regardless of what they do, so the incentive to go along with what US wants is gone. Same goes for Russia incidentally.

Welp! strangelove-wow don't threaten me with a good time.

Idk how they'll do this, but they'll definitely pull this off with Cuba, by 2050.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

But at what cost??????

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Yay!!!!!!!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Chadna