peakmoment (January 6th, 2009 @ 7:34 am)

But Cubans didn't die off in huge numbers, did they? They found a way through the crisis, and most people survived, even though food and energy supplies were seriously reduced.

Bosches (January 6th, 2009 @ 5:38 am)

cuba did not survive the peak oil trouble. In cuba there were blackout every day. Yo will have 8 hr of power and 8 hrs off. All day long. This was on the capital on the rest of the city they cubans did not have any power if anything 3 to 4 hr of power all day long.

AndreXtra (January 5th, 2009 @ 10:39 am)

If we reduce the use, the OPEC cartel will only reduce the produce. We should reduce the dependence on oil first for many reasons. This will produce many more options to poor country's and rich consumers. It will lead us onto the path of sustainability. Watch "Anne Korin's Oil Solution 1of7"

peakmoment (December 15th, 2008 @ 6:46 am)

Long time observers of petroleum/oil supplies like Matt Simmons and Robert Hirsch noted just this week that the International Energy Agency's report (Nov 2008) basically says that oil decline is at about 9% a year. The new discoveries are smaller, deplete quicker, harder (more expensive) to get. Demand is increasing faster than supply. Basically, they say, we're in a heap of trouble.

centauriblue2 (December 14th, 2008 @ 3:22 pm)

Especial period = communist dictatorship cause famine. Oil is not only Mr,dinosaur recycled body, Oil is a natural product of the Earth, accumulated solar energy in all living forms for millions of years, and.. renewable! It is true that we have to conserve oil,. that's a fact.. but supply is not in immediate danger, and new drilling tech is getting to new and deeper places to billions of Barrels, also some new sources of energy are here and in the horizon,. I think we will be just fine!

peakmoment (December 14th, 2008 @ 6:50 am)

I expect that the Cubans who lived through that "special period" didn't think it was BS. Oil prices may be down, partly because demand is down. But watch supply as well. Global supply is declining 9% per year (Intl Energy Agency report 008), discoveries are declining; the largest wells are all in decline. Prices won't stay down forever, with a supply picture like that.

centauriblue2 (December 14th, 2008 @ 5:36 am)

Hi, you can also add that regardless the tree hurricanes and all the misery in Cuba,. Castro has plenty of oil for his vintage Rusky tanks, a lot of food for his soldiers. A policeman (enforcer) gets paid in Cuban pesos but.. gets paid more than a doctor,. or a engineer,. or a teacher!,. EVERY POLICEMAN and SECURITY PERSONNEL in Cuba makes more money that a university graduate!!... This is another "thing" that we can all,. learn from Cuba's... PeaK OiL!!

centauriblue2 (December 14th, 2008 @ 5:14 am)

WEELLLL what about it!!... the sky did not fall,.. oil is cheap once again,. The whole thing was B/S and the envious candy reed communist, are silent again, and repairing the innertubes of their bicycles, and train to plant bananas in their gardens. jajaja

FutureCollapse (November 26th, 2008 @ 10:30 pm)

The abusive control culture would rather commit suicide via global thermonuclear war than live like Cuba.

peakmoment (November 23rd, 2008 @ 6:34 am)

This video wasn't about Cuba's political system, but how they responded when the oil imports suddenly stopped, as seen in the documentary "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil." If that happened here in the U.S., would we adapt as quickly as Cuba, or as well?

IndependantCuban (November 23rd, 2008 @ 1:53 am)

In Cuba you have no freedom! The reason there are farms on every plot of land is because people are hungry. The reason they are conserving energy is because the government shuts the electricity is cut off every night. The socialist government is still there! I believe in learning from what they have done due to necessity. Necessity is the mother of invention. I would not celebrate the 45 years that my family has been separated or the tyrannical grip that binds Cuba. We must free Cuba! Cubalibre

truthseeker83 (November 22nd, 2008 @ 12:45 am)

this is some "deep ecology" stuff.