Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil Crisis
The break up of the Soviet Union in the early 90s created a major economic crisis in Cuba known as the Special Period. Over the next decade Cuba took drastic measures to find solutions, it was the first country that faced the crisis that we will all face - the peak oil crisis. Cuba turned out to be a model for the rest of the world - What is it in the Cuban people and the Cuban culture that allowed them to go through this very difficult time without competing over scarce resources? Cuba has a lot to show to the world how to deal with energy adversity.