CLIMATE CHANGE.
Never mind that humankind would never let cocoa go extinct. GLOBAL WARMING GONNA KILL HERSHEYS!!!!!
So sick to death of this BS.
They’re getting desperate. Nothing else has worked so far so now they’re going to try saying chocolate will no longer be around so they can convince people to believe their lies.
Most of the world’s chocolate comes from West Africa—the plants thrive in the region’s rainforests—but over the next 40 years, the Earth’s rising temperatures will push cacao farms up into the mountains, to areas either unsuitable for cultivation or already reserved as wildlife preserves
This is so ignorant and silly from so many perspectives.
Wildlife preserves can be "uncreated."
Cacao is not native to Africa.
Theobroma cacao, also called the cacao tree and the cocoa tree, is a small (4–8 m (13–26 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae,[2] native to the deep tropical regions of Central and South America.
Theobroma cacao, also called the cacao tree and the cocoa tree, is a small (4–8 m (13–26 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae,[2] native to the deep tropical regions of Central and South America.
Columbus was familiar with the Plant, but it is unlikely to have originated in the 15th Century. In the Americas, it is known to have existed since 1100 BC.
Africa is a late comer to its cultivation.
This article is incompetent for suggesting otherwise.
Last but not least, this is my usual response for incompetent historical "reporting:"
THREAD REJECTED! unread...
Everyone knows that ANY headline which begins with, ("...Scientists Expect, think, anticipate, etc.) is totally useless without the scientists' names!) Chocolate to Go Extinct by 2050.
This thread was too much of a softball to resist commenting.
They are nutso.
Pretty clever marketing. How do you get women to care about global warming? Take away their chocolate.
RAGE!!