that’s even bigger than I last heard at 60k tons! It’s about a third of the yearly rice production in China.
Reminder that China is not an oil exporting nation and has never been, they are a net importer (11m barrels imported vs 4m domestic production per day). There is no sense in China buying oil to try and send to Cuba, they would just be slapping a Chinese sticker on Russian oil that they already buy (China is Russia’s biggest buyer of oil and LNG).
It’s better if they focus on providing what they do actually own and produce, such as solar panels and rice.
Napkin math is easy enough, a portion of dry rice for one person is around 60g when used as a side dish. There are 11 million people living in Cuba, and I’m assuming that’s 90k metric tons, not imperial.
At two portions a day, this is enough rice to feed the entire country for ~68 days. At three portions a day (or assuming slightly higher portions), this would last 45 days. And it’s not just rice of course; 60g is good for a side dish or if you’re really, really stretching it. A “full” portion if you eat only rice and nothing else might be 100-120g (around 360kcal in 100g of dry rice).
that’s even bigger than I last heard at 60k tons! It’s about a third of the yearly rice production in China.
Reminder that China is not an oil exporting nation and has never been, they are a net importer (11m barrels imported vs 4m domestic production per day). There is no sense in China buying oil to try and send to Cuba, they would just be slapping a Chinese sticker on Russian oil that they already buy (China is Russia’s biggest buyer of oil and LNG).
It’s better if they focus on providing what they do actually own and produce, such as solar panels and rice.
Napkin math is easy enough, a portion of dry rice for one person is around 60g when used as a side dish. There are 11 million people living in Cuba, and I’m assuming that’s 90k metric tons, not imperial.
At two portions a day, this is enough rice to feed the entire country for ~68 days. At three portions a day (or assuming slightly higher portions), this would last 45 days. And it’s not just rice of course; 60g is good for a side dish or if you’re really, really stretching it. A “full” portion if you eat only rice and nothing else might be 100-120g (around 360kcal in 100g of dry rice).