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[Hal Snyder]

North Korea was hit with sharp cutbacks in fuel supplies, same as  
Cuba, but the people have not fared as well.
Brief comparison at the Yes article, more depth at the FTW archive.

Peak oil preview: North Korea & Cuba
http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=1462
A tale of two countries: How North Korea and Cuba reacted differently  
to a suddenly diminished oil supply

Drawing Lessons from Experience;
The Agricultural Crises in North Korea
and Cuba -- Part 1
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/111703_korea_cuba_1.html

To make up for the shortfall in coal, rural populations are  
increasingly turning to biomass for their heating and cooking energy  
needs. Herbage has been taken from competing uses such as animal  
fodder and compost, leading to further decreased food supplies.  
Biomass scavenging is also stressing all rural ecosystems from  
forests to croplands. Biomass harvesting reduces ground cover,  
disrupts habitats, and leads to increasing soil erosion and siltation...
U.S. congressmen and others who have visited North Korea tell stories  
of people eating grass and bark. Other reports talk of soldiers who  
are nothing more than skin and bones. Throughout the country, there  
is starvation to rival the worst found in Africa.

Drawing Lessons from Experience;
The Agricultural Crises in North Korea
and Cuba -- Part 2
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/120103_korea_2.html
...
Cuba has disproved the myth that organic agriculture cannot support a  
modern nation.

On Apr 21, 2008, at 4:44 PM, Alissa Catalan wrote:


> I believe that this month's IronWeed film dvd also reiterates this  

> idea from the promo schpiel.  I haven't seen it yet as it just  

> arrived in my mailbox, but here's a summary: http:// 

> www.ironweedfilms.com/films

>

> THE POWER OF COMMUNITY: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

> Faith Morgan •  •  53 minutes

>

> This vibrant, hopeful film brings to light one of the most  

> important stories of the last two decades – how a small island  

> nation responded to a sudden and dangerous drop in oil supplies.  

> When Cuba's hefty subsidies of oil, food and other goods ceased  

> after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990 and the U.S. tightened its  

> embargo, Cubans suffered a 'peak oil' crisis similar to one the  

> entire world may soon face. Their creative adaptation to this  

> drastic and sudden decline in petroleum and other products offers  

> the developed world a much-needed model for living sustainably on a  

> finite earth.read more

> VIEW THE POWER OF COMMUNITY: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Discussions

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