• rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    It’s like you have no historical context for the topic you’re trying to discuss. They do have some heavy industry, they produce 4% of worldwide nickel (and therefore also cobalt). Oil production is also heavy industry. They didn’t develop it very much because it’s an island, so after the Cuban revolution they relied on the USSR for heavy industry. That was a major flaw in international soviet socialism, relying on the USSR for most industry. However it made sense for an island nation, but impacted them substantially after the USSR was illegally disbanded.

    This article has the backdrop of the energy revolution program within the country, started in 2005 to diversify energy production and fight climate change. You want to talk about how the embargo hasn’t impacted them? Let’s start with how they’ve been trying to modernize and decarbonize for 20 years, but hurricanes, the embargo, and the historical effects of the embargo have hindered this program.

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      18 days ago

      but impacted them substantially after the USSR was illegally disbanded.

      Jesus Christ.

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        18 days ago

        I’m not going to mince words over partisan bs. It was illegally disbanded, just as the US would be illegally disbanded if California, Texas, and New York agreed to leave the US.

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      18 days ago

      They don’t develop their nichel resources because there is a lot of nichel in this world. Canada and Australlia are the largest producers.

      For a country that you believe wants to diversify their energy, they’ll be in the dark tonight.