Cuba revolutionizes its energy policies

U.S. jitters over the prospect of dwindling world energy supplies are mounting daily.

The consequences were devastating. Power outages were widespread. Food production took a big hit. Caloric intake fell an average of 40 percent. Most adults lost 25-30 pounds.

Cuba survived, its socialist ideals intact, largely because its leadership and people took organized steps to radically reduce energy consumption. That approach continues to this day, despite improvements in domestic petroleum production (currently about 60,000 barrels a day) and Cuba