There are 11 million ppl who live on Cuba.

Mark

@Petesmom @Geri I’ll avoid the geopolitics entirely, but observe (from my layman’s perspective) that China is well poised to step up & help Cuba transition to renewables. They make 80% of the world’s photovoltaic panels, producing them (cheaply!) faster than they can be deployed.

Mark

@Geri @jackpearse Yes!

Solar + wind + storage + energy efficiency

All these things are cheaper long term, and provide independence from fossil fuels.

The problem is the up-front costs make it difficult to pivot quickly. Easier to stay addicted to fossil fuel even though it costs more long term.

CelloMom On Cars

@Geri

There is an entire dark fleet out there carrying oil. Not a single one of those ships can come to Cuba's aid? Not even at "spot prices"?

AwesomeSheep48

@Petesmom @Geri China has been stepping in to help, especially with renewables; we need to step up as well.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3343242/china-vows-do-what-it-can-us-blockade-leaves-cuba-just-weeks-oil

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/china-is-quietly-supplanting-russia-cubas-main-benefactor-2025-06-30/

Yes I'm Antifa. Why Aren't U?

@Geri
#Cuba won't collapse due to any oil shortage.

This is all part of scam devised by #PutinsPuppet to make #Russia the sole supplier of oil to Cuba (and save Russia's struggling economy due to their war in #Ukraine.)

Pete's Mom 🍉 🇺🇦 ☮️

@Geri
Maybe but people are going to die in Cuba and are likely already dying because of what the US Is doing and if other western countries won't step up (we know they won't - see Gaza), China or any other country able to stand up to my government is preferable to destroying Cuba.

Clemens Zauner

@Geri
It's already too late; after 15 days of blockade, the power went out. Which means huge problems with water supply & sewer-systems. As that was days ago,, hospitals & co are very likely also already in the dark.

Large Man abroad (US Video Channel, the guy was in the military) reported at the beginning of the blockade, as well after the power-out (including predictions about usual effects on the population). TL&DR: expect deaths in the 100ks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLLzSZGERYY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydw5eGwORDM

Joyful Jonny

@teedubyeah I listen to no white dude who reeks selfishness and callousness.

Hippo 🍉

@Geri and then they wonder why countries want to use nuclear power

Hippo 🍉

@awesomesheep48 @Petesmom @Geri good to know. The US is being the evil bully it has always been but it's good that others are helping out where they can. This won't be the first time the US has accidentally motivated Cuba into becoming more self-sufficient. Hopefully this too will have a happy ending in the long run

Aral Balkan

@Geri I say this often but still not often enough: Fuck the USA.

Aral Balkan

@czauner @Geri We are the bad guys now*

*Always have been

CartyBoston

@aral @Geri We don't care, that is *precisely* the problem.

Ponygirl

@Geri More blood on trumps bloated little hands.

Aral Balkan

@CartyBoston @Geri Oh, don’t I know it

Geri

@Geri
Stalin starved innocent Ukrainian families
Netanyahu starves innocent Palestinian families
Trump starves innocent Cuban families

The evil people need to be culled instead.

Maier Amsden

@Geri @Petesmom *Less murderous* hegemony

Geri

@MaierAmsden @Petesmom

uyghurs may disagree

Since 2014, the Chinese government has engaged in systematic, large-scale repression of Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in Xinjiang, frequently described by international observers as crimes against humanity or genocide. Reports detail arbitrary detention of over 1 million people, torture, forced sterilization, and killings, with the goal of forced assimilation