Canada said on Monday it plans to provide assistance to Cuba while the island grapples with fuel shortages after Washington moved to choke off Cuba’s oil supplies.
… 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.
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.
Ships have run on wind for a lot longer than humans have discovered how to make internal combustion engines…
… 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.
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