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submitted 2 months ago by not_IO to c/canada@lemmy.ca

smart move imo

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[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 13 points 2 months ago

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

[-] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago

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

[-] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

... 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.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

you have no idea how a power grid works.

Cuba already has large solar farms.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Isn't that what they're doing, does someone other than China even refine enough rare earth to build them?

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