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What countries could you realistically see Solarpunk becoming a reality in? (self.solarpunk)

submitted 1 year ago by countrypunk to c/solarpunk

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[–] gmoke@mastodon.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@ProdigalFrog @countrypunk In the early 2000s, Cuba replaced all the old refrigerators with newer more efficient ones.
They could have recycled the heat exchangers into solar hot water heaters but the thought never occurred to them.

I asked.

[–] ProdigalFrog 2 points 1 year ago

Surprising, I'd always read they re-used and repurposed stuff like crazy over there since they have limited resources to get more.