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I don't want to cause a panic, but...

Eggs Mayonnaise

Eggs Mayonnaise

All In With The Nuts
...apparently chocolate may become an endangered species.
We're Running Out of Chocolate

At the rate we're going, chocolate is going to be a rare—and extremely pricey—commodity within the next twenty years. Somebody needs to light a fire under those Oompa-Loompas, stat.

The problem's easy to explain, and much harder to fix. According to the Cocoa Research Association, we're consuming more chocolate than we're producing cocoa. Which means, eventually, we're going to run out.

Cocoa's notoriously difficult to harvest, meaning more and more small-scale West African growers—who make an average of 80 cents per day—have little incentive not to turn to more lucrative crops, like rubber, or give up farming altogether in favor of more stable opportunities in cities.

What will the shortage mean? $11 Snickers bars, sooner than you think. Pretzels given out for Halloween. Or more candy made from carob, a poor substitute for the sweet and sticky real deal. And a tectonic shift in how we view our mochas, according the Nature Conservation Research Council's John Mason:

"In 20 years chocolate will be like caviar. It will become so rare and so expensive that the average Joe just won't be able to afford it."

But don't lose hope! Both Hershey and Mars, Inc. have sequenced the cacao genome, meaning more resilient trees could be in our future. And 20 years seems like enough time to figure out how to incentivize farmers appropriately.

The Independent - Chocolate: Worth its weight in gold?
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:eek:
 
Ask the republican congress to fix it
 
All they will do is invest in cocoa futures.
 
Time to start snacking on meth.
 
**runs around the room screaming**

No Chocolate? NO CHOCOLATE?? I expect The UN to convene a War Crimes Tribunal. Someone has to pay!!

[Hi Eggs :) ]
 
Caitriona said:
**runs around the room screaming**

No Chocolate? NO CHOCOLATE?? I expect The UN to convene a War Crimes Tribunal. Someone has to pay!!

[Hi Eggs :) ]
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It's safe to come back, now.
 
Caitriona said:
LOL, well, it's been long enough to have forgotten why "I left forever"

Good to see ya Archi! :) Have you been good?
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Quite. Crushed my enemies, watched them fall at my feet, took their horses and goods, listened to the lamentation of their women, etc. etc...Oh, and I got myself hitched as a bonus.

I recommend perusing my 2K-post-plus jointly-supported work-in-progress if you feel like it (Shitty Dual was a friend of mine ;))
 
Time to start stockpiling chocolate, I see.
 
Where's Willy Wonka when you need him :eek:
 
Tim Burton buttsecksed him to deff.
 
Good time to start raiding the kid's Halloween stash.
 
I bet that's why it's so tasty, the tears of children.
 
My mother will add this to her reasons of not wanting to live too much longer than a couple of decades.
 
Shouldn't TeamCoco.com be on this?
 
Archibald Nixon said:
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LOL good to see you too!

Eggs Mayonnaise said:
Now THAT'S the reaction I was hoping for!
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Good to know I can still deliver what's needed! And it is really good to see ya. I've missed you.

Bickendan said:
Cait!
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DUDE!!!! How the heck are ya???? Good to see you!!!
 
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