When the Lights Go Out: Jamaica’s Energy Dilemma and the Case for Self-Reliance

It is a peculiar thing, living in a country bathed in year-round sunshine, yet finding oneself at the mercy of a system that can, quite literally, leave you in the dark. This past weekend, a sequence of events served as a sharp reminder of just how vulnerable many Jamaicans are to a single point of failure: the national electricity supply.
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