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Video - Cuba’s Green Solution to the U.S. Oil Blockade: Solar-Powered Electric Tricycles (peertube.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/49499563

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/49499558

Duration - 2:44
[a video about Cuba from the news collective Belly Of The Beast]

Electric tricycles have exploded across Cuba as the country faces extreme fuel shortages due to the U.S.-imposed oil blockade. But blackouts now last so long — 20 or more hours a day — there isn’t enough electricity to charge them.

So drivers are now installing solar panels on top of their tricycles.

“As long as the sun is out, it’s charging the battery,” says Evanys Peréz. “Now we can travel up to 90 miles.”

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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 1 hour ago

Cuba has developed in such interesting directions due to basically being blockaded for decades

I have a feeling we're going to be begging to learn from them in the near future