smart move imo

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      Unfortunately aircraft still run on fossil fuels, which is a big part of getting goods into the country.

      Also ships, but I’m not sure if the blockade is effectively stopping everything, or just oil tankers.

      In a somewhat sick kind of way, would be kinda cool if they start using sailing yachts for local trade since they don’t have any fuel.

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        Ships have run on wind for a lot longer than humans have discovered how to make internal combustion engines…

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          … which I did mention… but there aren’t a whole lot of sail based cargo ships around anymore.

          Longer term yeah, moving away from petroleum is obviously the move. But they need stuff now. And again, air travel is a huge problem right now. It’s hard to send aid there when the planes cant refuel. Not impossible, just more of a logistical problem.

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            People literally paddled between Florida and Cuba. Crocodiles migrate between the two. They’re very close.

            Yeah, I’d love to see something like a Gaza flotilla of sail boats going from the Keys to Cuba to deliver aid like renewables

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        Decentralized grids is the solution. Other Caribian islands have done it.

        Just because the grid is centralized doesn’t mean it needs to be that way. You sound old.

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      Why not just give them cash so they can buy them from China themselves?

      Then China can just spin up another coal plant to sustain the extra demand.