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abumbyanyothername

(2,711 posts) Mon Oct 8, 2012, 12:24 AM Oct 2012

Quote from "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil"

"[Cubans] realized that if you want to be politically independent, you have to be economically independent. And if you want to be economically independent, you have to be energy independent."

So I put it to Americans, do you want to be politically independent?

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Quote from "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" (Original Post) abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 OP

We can learn a lot from Cuba in this area flamingdem Oct 2012 #1

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)

1. We can learn a lot from Cuba in this area

Reply to abumbyanyothername (Original post)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 12:26 AM

Oct 2012

They've done a lot with very little

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