Why Cuba is Undertaking an Energy Revolution

What is the relationship between the new Chinese rice cookers that are currently being sold to all Cuban families and a young social worker inside a gas truck?

What is the link between replacing lighting with energy-efficient bulbs and the world market price of oil?

..If one takes a close look at all the measures that Cuba has adopted over the past two years –which President Fidel Castro has called an “energy revolution”– it can be seen that they all aim at a single objective: raising the quality of life of the people while optimizing the overall consumption of fuel.

..The country even seeks to reduce the consumption of oil through the use of gas which accompanies oil extracted in Cuba. In fact, currently some 235,000 kilowatts per hour are generated through the use of that gas. Soon, new equipment will be installed to achieve an overall generation of half a million kilowatts per hour through that resource.

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