smart move imo

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[–] 12 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Please send them solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries. Not fossil fuels!

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    ... 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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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago*

    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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  • [+] -7 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    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.

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