cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/52357579

Sept. 5, 2026

How to conserve cellphone battery when recharging options are scarce; how to preserve food when the fridge isn’t working; how to cope with the heat when air-conditioners aren’t an option; how to generate power when the whole country has almost none left.

These are the sort of tutorials that have made the Instagram feed of influencer Dayán Marrero indispensable to many Cubans as they try to adapt to the rolling electricity blackouts and fuel shortages that are increasingly part of everyday life...

As the #US-imposed #oil #blockade that is worsening the situation bites ever deeper, Marrero and his compatriots are having to get creative. Farmers pasteurize milk over charcoal fires; commuters ride solar-powered Chinese tricycles; tour guides grind coffee by hand...

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[–] 20 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Why are we still punishing Cuba

We failed to overthrow their government like 60 years ago and I never understood why we continued fucking them.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 days ago

    I didn't understand until I walked around Havana. The amount of absolute mansions the Yankees had there is insane. They have all been appropriated and turned into social things like housing and schools and clinics.

    But it was USAs party playground, and they are mad they got kicked out.

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  • [–] 23 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    If Cuba becomes the first solarpunk utopia because of America’s stupidity, that will be pretty fitting.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    If they were smart they would be installing solar fields and batteries. This is especially important for island nations.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    It is, but solar fiels aren't spectacularly robust constructions - a significant factor in a region subject to increasingly powerful hurricanes and tropical storms.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    How is it legal for USA to be doing what it's doing to Cuba?

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  • [–] 13 points 5 days ago

    US blockading Cuba and Hormuz is no joke one of the greatest accelerators for renewables and EVs worldwide. China must be happy.

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