Posted on 12/12/2019 6:25:21 AM PST by C19fan
A lack of fuel, in large part due to the US blockade, is forcing Cubans to return to horse and ox power for farming, transport and everyday travel.
In Los Palacios, 100 kilometers (60 miles) of the west of the capital Havana, Heriberto Piloto bellows at his oxen "Montezuelo" and "Pasajero" as they plough a tobacco field at the "La Juanita" farm.
Once the fields were ploughed by tractors, plus some animal help, but now beasts of burden are the only option, meaning the job of ploughman has made a comeback too in Cuba's fields.
"Under normal conditions, we always used animals and... given the country's fuel restrictions, we've had to increase this activity," said Alfredo Reynoso, the director of the state company Cubaquivir, which provides services to the 12 agricultural cooperatives in Los Palacios.
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The Venz have fuel to sell !
An image of Time Magazine’s Brat of the Year’s plan for your carbon free future.
Our fault in the first sentence.
As a side benefit, Cuba just shot to the top of the list of countries doing the most to combat climate change.
It’s always our fault in Cuba...
They always claim that Cuba is a basket case because the US won’t do business with them.
That just indicates that socialism cannot stand on its own. Socialism is a parasite. Socialism requires a vibrant host (capitalism) to prop up the failed system of central control. If socialism fails, it is apparently our fault.
Venezuela’s oil is so thick and full of sulfur that nobody wants it.....................
I thought all of the horses and cattle had been eaten by now? ;)
That’s the problem, the operative word being sell. They can’t afford to give it away any more.
Not exactly
Lagovan roofing asphalt from Vz commanded a premium when delivered to US ports.
Then Hugo had a better idea; blend it off and sell it to the Chinese at a lower netback.
The low-pour, high sulfur crude is not easy to refine but there is plenty of experience in Western Canada.
Plus the Pine Bend refinery south of St. Paul, MN makes high quality fuel products from heavy-sour at the rate of about 300,000 bbls/day.
Glorious people’s revolutski allows citizens to return to cherished organic transportation!
Greta approves. Cuba has once again shown us the future. /s
That is one huge refinery!
The World’s Most Sustainable Country: What? Cuba?
http://www.dailyimpact.net/2015/02/09/the-worlds-most-sustainable-country-what-cuba/
I wonder the balance of emissions per acre plowed between animals vs mackines? Given that you need two fields, one additional one to feed the horse.
Owned by Koch Industries.
Four very large coker units pull some gasoline and distillates out of the asphalt.
The remainder is sold as petroleum coke.
Well said.
I have never understood this claim, that Cuba has been so crippled by the US embargo.
If socialism/Communism is such a superior system, then why would a worker’s paradise such as Cuba need to deal with an “evil” and “imperial” and “capitalist” country as America in the first place?
I’ve heard Cuba is trying to develop tourism.
And I’ve heard that some people want to visit Cuba, while it’s still relatively “unchanged” , before redevelopment or capitalist reforms happen there.
But I’ve heard some who have been there, did not enjoy it. They aren’t really set up for tourism, and people were disappointed in the tourist facilities.
I heard that groups of old car enthusiasts wanted to visit Cuba. There too, they will be disappointed, as the old cars in Cuba are rusty and have rebuilt engines and other parts. They will enjoy the old car shows of restores vehicles here in America, far more than seeing the old cars in Cuba.
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