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Last Updated on February 8, 2020

Cuba went through it’s own oil crisis due to the USA putting sanctions in place forbidding the delivery of oil to Cuba. This was an attempt by the U.S. Government to undermine Cuba which posed a threat to US foreign policy… specifically the policy to not allow successful democracies (Governments that are by the people and working for the people) to be established. I won’t go any further into the politics behind this, because what’s of interest in this video is how amazingly the Cuban people adjusted their lifestyle in order to live in a psudo-peak oil crisis. Enjoy…

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This next video is from a talk about Cuba and learning from their lessons… put out by The Community Solutions. It also contains some pertinent information if you have the time to listen.

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Low-Energy Lifestyle: Lessons from Cuba

45:32 – 3 years ago

Low energy lifestyle lessons from Cuba, an excellent documentary on living locally and sustainable living. Peak oil, community solutions, Cubans, run out of oil, discovery, production, demand, growth, forecasts, presentations, decline, years, depression, recession, global, world, energy, industrial civilization, alternatives, bio-fuels, land, fossils, returned, invested, EROEI, renewables, pv, solar, wind turbines, gasoline, changes, lifestyles, current, new way of life, finite, natural resources, survival, environmental, agriculture, smaller, walkable communities, cooperation, social interaction, economy, economic, efficient, efficiency, strategies, usage, decreased, reduced, increased, walking, bicycling, declining, higher quality of life, recycling, reuse, way less driving, standard of living, consuming, carbons, housing, habitat for humanity, crops, green revolution, food, pesticides, fertilizers, farmers, organics, self-sufficiency, grown, growing, cooperatives, markets, mass public transportation, carpooling, hitchhiking, trolleys, buses, hybrids, eco-friendly villages, rooftop gardening, urban gardens, cisterns, lowered utility bills, electricity, passive, insulation, zero energy, permaculture, values. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this video is distributed without profit, to those who have expressed interest, for research or educational purposes

 

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