The Cubans are back in the dark yet again, and one has to wonder how long this can go on for before there is some kind of change in the situation.  Perhaps a popular uprising or coup d'etat?

One has to figure anybody with enough money for a plane ticket would leave and ask for asylum just about anywhere else.  Also given the proximity to FL that people without enough money would be jumping in any boat that floats at this point.  There's no way they are going to have any money for buying oil or fixing their power plants anytime soon, and nobody is offering to give it to them for free, so what's the solution here?

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cubas-electric-grid-collapses-after-power-plant-failure-2024-12-04/

Cuba's electric grid collapses after power plant failure, millions without light

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Back to pre-industrial civilization for Cuba!

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Quote from: RE on Mar 16, 2026, 05:50 PMBack to pre-industrial civilization for Cuba!
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Cuba survived peak oil back in 2006 or so, it shouldn't be hard to get through it again.

How Cuba Survived Peak Oil-Wiki

Who would have thought that an American President would pour gasoline on collapse.





And that the American people would do nothing and let Satan have his way.

Quote from: K-Dog on Mar 16, 2026, 06:43 PM

Which collapse? The version where population isn't going backwards, and everyone can have as much as they can afford because such is the way of the world, and there is ice for everyone?

How much has this collapse decreased the human population to date?

Strikes me that this is another reasonable gauge of an actual real life collapse, along with the early warning of people not being able to make ice out between cities and whatnot.

Anyone seen any bodies piling up on street corners as society breaks down and coroners don't collect the bodies because they are so busy? RE, you might see that sooner than anyone else. Large number of folks being kept in the freezers at your facility because collapse is stopping the collection of cadavers?

Collapse comes before the dead bodies.  When there are dead bodies things have already collapsed.

Hassan reports from Havana amid a country-wide blackout crisis, highlighting the devastating impact of the U.S. economic blockade and interference by the U.S. government which even tells Americans which hotel they can stay in if they visit Cuba.

Life is defined by scarcity.  Daily rolling blackouts affect the entire country, and fuel shortages make basic transportation unaffordable. At a major Havana hospital, he interviews a surgeon earning $17 a month, and sees buildings in disrepair because the U.S. blockade even restricts the chemicals needed for paint.

Despite these hardships, Hassan emphasizes the spirit of the Cuban people. Instead of despair, he observes a vibrancy and resiliency, with locals "partying in the streets."  Holding block parties, and maintaining an unbreakable "vibe" in the face of the economic crisis imposed by U.S. policy.  Hassan thinks it is an island thing in part.  I'll say unsullied humanity is the rest.

No oil , and Americans have robbed Cubans of a decent life.  Still they live.

Quote from: K-Dog on Mar 18, 2026, 05:01 PM

Collapse comes before the dead bodies.  When there are dead bodies things have already collapsed.

Depends on the definition used obviously. Collapse comes with the bodies. Faux collapse is the kind without the body count, just people wanting to classify a disruption in the norm as collapse. That allows the collapse game to just keep on roling. Collapse comes in forms of severity. It has to be severe enough to have a body count.

CoPilot say:

Collapse refers to a profound and sustained breakdown of a society's essential systems—such as governance, economy, infrastructure, and cultural institutions—in which the disruption is so severe that it is accompanied by a large and lasting decrease in the human population.

Quote from: TDoS on Mar 21, 2026, 05:14 PMCollapse refers to a profound and sustained breakdown of a society's essential systems—such as governance, economy, infrastructure, and cultural institutions—in which the disruption is so severe that it is accompanied by a large and lasting decrease in the human population.

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Quote from: RE on Mar 21, 2026, 06:22 PM

Quote from: TDoS on Mar 21, 2026, 05:14 PMCollapse refers to a profound and sustained breakdown of a society's essential systems—such as governance, economy, infrastructure, and cultural institutions—in which the disruption is so severe that it is accompanied by a large and lasting decrease in the human population.

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Oh come on. What, you think I'm as stupid as common website sycophanats or spend my time half whacked on weed? The definition was "human population", not some slightly larger than normal contagion.

"The Black Death (roughly 1347–1352) caused a massive decrease in human population, killing an estimated 30% to 50% of Europe's population. Global population plummeted from around 470 million to 370 million by 1400, marking the largest demographic shock and the only significant, direct reduction in global population since A.D. 1000😌"

Covid was the global equivalent of a sneeze.

Has to start somewhere.



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QuoteSpend my time half whacked on weed.

It could be an improvement.  A way to broaden your horizon.  It's much harder to be narrow-minded when you're busy trying to remember why you walked into the room in the first place and can't find the door.  For some it is the secret to their success.  It is easier to think outside the box when you can't remember where the box is.

And Trump doesn't even need the weed.

Quote from: RE on Mar 22, 2026, 01:26 PM

HEATMAP.NEWS • 2026-03-22

The Energy Supply Shock of the Iran War Changes Everything

No matter how much longer the United States and Israel’s war with Iran lasts, the world’s energy system will be grappling with its consequences at least through the end of the year, if not for far longer.

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A sobering read.  Rationing power to data centers would be a good idea.  In Europe, chemical and steel manufacturers are facing surcharges of up to 30% due to surging electricity and gas costs. 

The end result of all this will be a worldwide depression with the 1% tripling their wealth , and a lot of average people starving.  Maybe you and me?  So anything to cut power use would be a good idea.

Trump won't be around to see how bad of a mess he made  of things.  He would not understand anyway.  Trump has signed his own death warrant.  It will take some time for the fates to work things out, but they will. 🍿   $200 a barrel oil will make Trump hated like we have never yet seen.  No way he can blame this one on B-I-D-E-N.




For a global system requireing "frictionless" flow of energy and materials to maintain a 2% to 3% annual growth rate, Trump has fucked the pootch.

Quote from: RE on Mar 22, 2026, 10:44 AMHas to start somewhere.



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Of course it does. But it ain't happened yet, and all the hopes and dreams of those claiming it for decades now doesn't make it so.