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Climate change could lower the quality of your coffee
CNN ^ | June 21, 2017 | By Nancy Coleman

Posted on 06/22/2017 5:26:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

What will it take for people to care about climate change? For some, the thought of a crummier cup of coffee in the morning just might do it.

A new study finds that Ethiopia, the world's fifth-largest coffee producer, could lose up to 60% of its suitable farming land by the end of this century because of climate change.

The study, published Monday in Nature Plants, found the combination of low rainfall and rising temperatures could have substantial effects on the coffee-growing areas in the country.

According to a report from World Coffee Research, the demand for coffee will have doubled by 2050, but the suitable land to grow it on will be cut in half.

And the effects of climate change don't just lower how much coffee is produced -- they can also hamper its quality.

In areas with lower temperatures, coffee quality is generally higher, World Coffee Research spokeswoman Hanna Neuschwanker told CNN.

"The problem is coffee producers aren't paid enough, so helping them adapt to a very difficult complex, changing situation like you see with climate change and extreme weather events is very, very difficult to do," Neuschwanker said.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fakenews; globalism; globalwarming; hoax; socialism
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To: a fool in paradise

Well, if man is still alive. If woman can survive...


21 posted on 06/22/2017 5:39:54 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Starbucks is doomed.


22 posted on 06/22/2017 5:40:11 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Tim Horton’s will be able to grow local Canadian coffee.


23 posted on 06/22/2017 5:41:15 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
> A new study finds that Ethiopia, the world's fifth-largest coffee producer, could lose up to 60% of its suitable farming land by the end of this century because of climate change. <

Funny how often the climate change folks use the word "could". But I don't recall Newton saying "For every action there could be an equal and opposite reaction."

Or Einstein saying "E could equal mc squared".

Kind of makes me suspect that climate change science really isn't science at all.

24 posted on 06/22/2017 5:41:26 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

OK!! Everybody pay attention!

Lesson for today:

1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.

2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.

3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.

4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.

5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.

Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?


25 posted on 06/22/2017 5:43:56 AM PDT by abclily
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To: glock rocks

How many people know Vietnam is the second-largest coffee producer after Brazil? It produces twice as much as Columbia!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3MqmV47Lq8


26 posted on 06/22/2017 5:45:01 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: a fool in paradise

in the year 2525, if starbucks is still alive.

if juan valdez can survive. we’ll thrive...

in the year 3535, if al gore is right...

no land will be in sight, good bye....


27 posted on 06/22/2017 5:45:49 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Maceman

“I’m pretty sure that’s hot cocoa, not coffee.”

Nah. That’s likely locally-sourced vegan artisan kool-aid.


28 posted on 06/22/2017 5:47:26 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: BlueLancer

I didn’t know Gary Busey golfed...


29 posted on 06/22/2017 5:47:46 AM PDT by Molon Labbie (In Safe Space, no one can hear you weep....No one cares either.)
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To: Mr. Douglas

I’m thinking the same thing. With a little luck maybe I can have my own coffee trees in my back yard here in Wisconsin. Awesome!


30 posted on 06/22/2017 5:49:42 AM PDT by MRadtke (Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

OK, that’s it.

I was fine with not being able to breath because of the overabundance of greenhouse gases. I could live with the bubbling, puss-filled blisters on my body from the 120° temperatures outside. I could even see moving onto a houseboat because my land-based house will be underwater. And, I don’t give a rat’s patootie about a few polar bears giving their lives so I can drive my SUV.

BUTT DON’T SCREW WITH MY COFFEE!

If they tell me that my bacon will be affected...I’m joining Algore, and going all Antifa on the anti-climate-changers.

It’s war, baby.


31 posted on 06/22/2017 5:50:50 AM PDT by moovova
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To: abclily

How long have you been posting this thing over and over on every climate thread? It has to be at least ten years.


32 posted on 06/22/2017 5:50:51 AM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In the movie Idiocracy, by 2505 Starbucks is a men’s ‘club’ - don’t forget to ask for extra foam...


33 posted on 06/22/2017 5:51:43 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Climate change could lower the quality of your coffee


Or not


34 posted on 06/22/2017 5:53:24 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: jjotto

“herb tea”

I do not have the proverbial green thumb, but I do grow an abundance of chamomile and hyacinths, both of which make fine teas.


35 posted on 06/22/2017 5:54:38 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
What will it take for people to care about climate change?

What lies and threats do we need to spread to con these idiots into our massive scam?

36 posted on 06/22/2017 5:55:59 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Climate change could lower the quality of your coffee"

And monkeys could fly out of my butt, but nobody wants to spend $trillions to stop that from happening.

37 posted on 06/22/2017 5:57:56 AM PDT by Da Bilge Troll (Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
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To: BBB333

“Full Body” Latte...$50,000


38 posted on 06/22/2017 5:58:09 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Now this is really series, and pj boy should go back to bed.


39 posted on 06/22/2017 5:58:37 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Is it not too late to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hillary's crimes?z)
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To: stars & stripes forever

I am thinking Socialism is gonna have a far more profound negative impact on coffe quality than climate change but that’s just me.


40 posted on 06/22/2017 6:00:21 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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