Mastodawn

#Cuba Has Run Out of #Oil

Cuba's oil reserves have run dry, its government said, potentially plunging the country into more debilitating #blackouts.

A long-running #EnergyCrisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.

This whole world runs on #FossilFuels, how stupid is that?

#geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/world/americas/cuba-oil-energy-crisis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Cuba Says It Has Run Out of Oil

A long-running energy crisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.

The New York Times

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Felipe

May 14

@Nonilex where's china in all of this?

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Plausible Human Being May 14

@felipeB @Nonilex

If I was Xi Jinping, I'd be pissing in Trump's cornflakes biggly: I'd be GIFTING solar panels, batteries, and electric vehicles to Cuba by the boatload just for laughs and giggles.

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ElGranj

@LovingFalloutLondon1954 @felipeB @Nonilex It's happening! https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/as-the-us-starves-it-of-oil-cuba-is-pulling-off-one-of-the-fastest-solar-revolutions-on-the-planet-with-chinas-help/

As the U.S. starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help

Cuba is struggling with devastating nationwide blackouts as the United States’ effective oil blockade strangles fuel supplies. But this crisis may also be accelerating a China-backed clean energy revolution that’s been quietly unfolding in the Caribbean nation.

CTVNews