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rulesq
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Chocolate meltdown!
#18948167 - 10/08/13 04:43 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/chocolate-meltdown-the-world-will-run-out-of-cocoa-by-2020/1179482/
So, apparently the world will run out of cocoa by year 2020, and there seems to be no solution to the problem. Industry experts have even predicted the exact date, which would be October 2, 2020.
If this actually happens, how will this effect your life? Is there life beyond chocolate? Can you live without the occasional chocolate fix?
Discuss
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: rulesq]
#18948179 - 10/08/13 04:50 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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How exactly is the world going to run out of coco?
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rulesq
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http://www.dnaindia.com/world/1899859/report-world-to-officially-run-out-of-chocolate-on-october-2-2020
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experts have figured that 2.3 globes is needed to accommodate man’s needs for chocolate in terms of forestry and space.
Basically, we need another Earth if we carry on at this rate, he asserted.
Kennedy insisted that the problem is that much of the space that was used for cocoa plantations is no longer there, because the farms are being chopped down and turned into rubber plantations as they get a better yield.
Idk, that's what they say
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: rulesq]
#18948194 - 10/08/13 05:06 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm more of a sugar guy
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rulesq
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: DeeBee]
#18948198 - 10/08/13 05:07 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I like salty stuff over sweet
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: rulesq]
#18948204 - 10/08/13 05:12 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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there's not way rubber will replace chocolate. i will not buy anything made of rubber, and i'm sure i won't be the only one. i don't care if i have to pay 10 times the price now for chocolate.
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rulesq
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: SurReality]
#18948259 - 10/08/13 05:45 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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How about a choc flavored condom?
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: rulesq]
#18948267 - 10/08/13 05:52 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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If it happens, i'll be pretty damn devastated. I love chocolate; i eat it every day.
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: Magenta]
#18948309 - 10/08/13 06:14 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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when coco runs short, its relative price increases. when its relative price increases, farmers get greedy and plant it instead of XYZ crop. then, theres coco.
no worries. your herseys bar will exist
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: memes]
#18948319 - 10/08/13 06:18 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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HERSHEY BAR
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: memes]
#18948324 - 10/08/13 06:22 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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how dare I.
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: memes]
#18948331 - 10/08/13 06:23 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I prefer Dove chocolate
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rulesq
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Quote:
VivaLaMushie said: I prefer Dove chocolate

Dove caramel is tehh shiznit. Others that I like, are this:

and this
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: rulesq]
#18948340 - 10/08/13 06:32 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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The Lindt chocolate is pretty good, too. Melts quickly in your mouth.
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i like those red/yellow/blue balls of chocolate. lindor? i think?
so good.
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: memes]
#18948354 - 10/08/13 06:41 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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With the liquid chocolate inside?
Yeah, those are pretty good.
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The other little balls of chocolate /nuts / crispy things are really good too.
Cant think of the name.
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Quote:
VivaLaMushie said: With the liquid chocolate inside?
Yeah, those are pretty good.
yep yep! those are the ones!
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Re: Chocolate meltdown! [Re: rulesq]
#18948389 - 10/08/13 07:02 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Guess we'll have to get used to carob instead. I found some carob beans a couple weeks ago in San Diego. They're pretty yummy and are often used as a chocolate substitute.
And Lindt chocolates are some of my faves.
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