Reply #13: When the crisis comes, climate will make all the difference.

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When the Soviet Union collapsed, so did the heavily-subsidized, oil-dependent Cuban agricultural system.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, so did the heavily-subsidized, oil-dependent North Korean agricultural system. Now, Kim Il-sung suffered from a worse case of ideological recto-cranial inversion than Fidel, and NK isn't exactly a tourist destination, and their isolation was largely self-imposed compared to the external embargo on Cuba, but what has killed the North Koreans since the oil went away is largely their climate. It makes a big difference if you can grow three crops of veggies a year versus just one.