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Chocolate Will Be as Expensive as Caviar

edition.cnn.com — Chocolate will become so rare and so expensive that the average Joe just won't be able to afford it.

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  • reed77, on 07/07/2008, -3/+109Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
  • SomeImagination, on 07/07/2008, -2/+55You'll probably still be able to buy "chocolate flavored" bars, which is better than nothing I guess
    • Schda, on 07/07/2008, -0/+13It's what a lot of people are eating these days anyway. I love real chocolate, but you have to look a bit and search to make sure that is what you are really getting.
    • Disjunto, on 07/07/2008, -0/+12most "chocolate" bars are full of flavourings and useless crap anyway, most people wouldn't notice.
  • chaos7, on 07/07/2008, -2/+78i'll believe it when i see it
    • CrazedLeper, on 07/07/2008, -1/+5Agreed. By hook or by crook, Hershey's won't be having that.
    • minoss, on 07/07/2008, -1/+8No *****. These prediction are always so hilariously bad and wrong. Just goes to show how both the left and right have got fear mongering down to a science.
      • alainedouard, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5Agreed! All it takes is one company that sells it cheap and no chocolate companies will raised their price to that point.
    • skribble, on 07/07/2008, -4/+3...Of course by that time it will be too late. While the article seems a bit one sided, the whole I'll believe it when I see it POV is incredibly naive, especially when there is evidence to support the statements. I find it entertaining (and a bit sad) when people disagree with a well proven argument based on a) "politics" or b) because it's inconvenient. Like the whole world will change because you don't like something.
      • ScottMitchell, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4But this whole argument is assuming that the farmers will continue to use current technology and unsustainable farming practices until it's "too late." It's good to bring attention to this, sure, but to think that between now and 20-25 years that there won't be any farming changes, any new technology that allows for commercially viable crops, or new hybrids or breeds that can withstand commercial farming is a bit far fetched, IMO.
      • skribble, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1As I said the article was one sided, and certainly things will change over the next 20 years. However these things may not necessarily change in the way's we would like. Also, any of the farming changes you speak cost $$$ which will drive up the cost of chocolate (which was the premise of the article). And while breeding is certainly a possibility, natural breeding takes time... There's always genetically modified hybrids as well, but they are both more expensive and highly unpopular.

        There are also other Chocolate growing regions in the world which practice much more sustainable production methods, however the environment is still changing in a negative way in those places well.
    • Iztikeit, on 07/07/2008, -2/+0You won't have to wait long. I'm always cautious about alarmist stuff like this but this isn't alarmist.

      Your judgments is being derived from the thought "Things won't change, chocolate is cheap now and will always be".
      • Taiyoryu, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Yeah I remember when people thought "Things won't change, gas is cheap now and will always be."

        Oh, wait...
    • bdbr, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4When big corporations stand to lose huge sums of money, you can be sure they'll find a way to make it work.
  • samoan27, on 07/07/2008, -1/+56"says John Mason, executive director and founder of the Ghana-based Nature Conservation Research Council (NCRC). "

    And here I was getting worried over nothing.
    • bdbr, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1He also said they can reverse it (at the end of the article). I think he was just trying to bring attention to the problem.
      • whataboutdave, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2If by "attention" you mean 'aid $$$ from the developed world' you've hit the nail on the head.
      • elhaf, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1If he wants money, he should just stockpile chocolate. Simple.
    • Ortheos, on 07/07/2008, -3/+1So are you more qualified than him in this matter? Are you executive director of the 'I'm not worried' institute?
  • Rotzooi, on 07/07/2008, -16/+7I don't care. I'm rich!
  • CabanaBoy, on 07/07/2008, -3/+49Solution seems simple enough.

    1. Cocoa grows in rainforest.
    2. Plant Cocoa in rainforest.
    3. Profit!
    • Otnehs, on 07/07/2008, -14/+21. Cocoa grows in rainforest.
      2. Plant Cocoa in rainforest.
      3. ????????
      4. Profit!

      Fixed.
    • hijohnmark, on 07/07/2008, -2/+4So...did you read the article?
    • idavidtang, on 07/07/2008, -1/+194. Deforestation.
      5. Loss of rainforest.
      6. Net loss!
      • chopsky, on 07/07/2008, -2/+127. Plant more trees in rainforest because demand must meet the supply.

        Solved.
      • ciano, on 07/07/2008, -3/+2Every tree cut down is replanted.
      • nodong, on 07/07/2008, -0/+7Secondary forest growth, especially in rainforests, takes a ridiculously long time to become as productive as original old growth forests.
      • bdbr, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1If the soil can't sustain cocoa trees genetically engineered to be hardy, what makes you guys think they can just plant trees in it and the rainforest will magically re-appear?
      • auto98, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1except they would be planting IN the rainforest, so by definition deforestation wont occur

        Should also point out that there is no such thing as old growth forests, the original growth was replaced by nature several thousand years ago
    • dafragsta, on 07/07/2008, -3/+111. Slash and burn rainforrest.
      2. Profit.

      There, I applied modern capitalism to your plan.
    • bdbr, on 07/07/2008, -1/+24. Don't cut down rainforest.
      5. Continue profiting.
  • skabyss, on 07/07/2008, -4/+111"chocolate ration was to be reduced from thirty grammes to twenty at the end of the present week"

    -1984
    • Feyr, on 07/07/2008, -0/+46we are pleased to announce that the chocolate ration will be increased to 15 grams up from 20 last week

      -1984
      • ooby, on 07/07/2008, -0/+8It's nice to see someone actually read the book. So many people talk about Big Brother without having a clue about what's between the covers.
    • chasebadkids, on 07/07/2008, -0/+16The second I saw this post about chocolate becoming rare I instantly thought about 1984... haha
    • Asrrin29, on 07/07/2008, -0/+21you mean increased. work on your doublethink!
    • prisoner24601, on 07/07/2008, -0/+6Double-plus good!
    • SkippyDoorknob, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5Doubleplus good news!
  • OffPiste, on 07/07/2008, -4/+14Good! We need to take back New Orleans anyway.
  • jermo, on 07/07/2008, -1/+42in 20 years i will have diabetes anyway, so I'm good.
    • slapded, on 07/07/2008, -1/+28you mean DIABEETUS?
      • turpenine, on 07/07/2008, -2/+3aka the sugar.
      • NotOptium, on 07/07/2008, -2/+12Hi I'm Wilford Brimley and I have diabeetis. I hurts me to pee and it causes me to be short with my family. I can't sleep at night. The other day I stubbed my toe and took it out on the dog. And two weeks ago I ran out of vanilla ice cream and struck my wife. Then I find out my wife's been dead for six years. Who the hell did I hit?
  • haral, on 07/07/2008, -11/+22Women around the world will be _very_ unhappy about this and quess who they are going to blame, shout have the mood changes etc? Yes correct, us men will have to handle all the crap followed by this. :D
    • twiztidsinz, on 07/07/2008, -0/+8Best reason I've heard to save the rainforest.
      • haral, on 07/07/2008, -1/+5Yes, however I presume the ladies in Digg didn't take my little joke so good. :)
    • yacks, on 07/07/2008, -1/+5well it could still be a good thing.. You want some chocolate... You know what you need to do hun.. ;)
    • wolfkeeper, on 07/07/2008, -1/+3You'll just have to give them (more) orgasms to make up for it.
      • kurejibitch, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Iawtc, but unfortunately, that's the time that we really, really, really don't want to be around you (it's for your own safety, promise).

        But, you know...all the other days in the month, having more orgasms...we certainly wouldn't be opposed... ;)
    • MrZaiko, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1Chocolate Covered Ring ...
  • Intensity, on 07/07/2008, -5/+33I call *****
  • Hincapie, on 07/07/2008, -0/+18so will everything else
  • fuckyoudigg1, on 07/07/2008, -7/+54
    • gonzojoe, on 07/07/2008, -5/+0^^ THIS
    • bdbr, on 07/07/2008, -2/+1...without a single word of explanation. :shakes head:
      • auto98, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1well to be fair the article itself is about the fact that they CAN sustain cocoa growth, so it is both sensationalist and *****
  • DaDrake, on 07/07/2008, -1/+25LOL give me a break... they will do what American farmers do with crops that deplete the soil. Dump a ***** of fertilizer on it and ignore all the dead fish in the stream.
  • Equinox2012, on 07/07/2008, -1/+16CAROB WILL FINALLY HAVE IT'S DAY!!
    • CrazedLeper, on 07/07/2008, -1/+7Never!
    • publiclurker, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4Carob doesn't deserve a day. I have 10 minutes next Tuesday it can spare, however.
  • thisisntjon, on 07/07/2008, -0/+8video related: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
    • slayernine, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1You're not getting me again thisisntjon!! This is obviously a Rick Roll
      • 1shawn, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2Actually it's Tay Zonday's "Chocolate Rain"
    • Vector713, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Rain roll?
  • ModX, on 07/07/2008, -3/+2710 bucks says they solve this before the global rice shortage.

    We need to get our priorities straight.
    • ooby, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5The ever threatened Nestle Crunch bar knows no relief.
    • TBITS, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3Hate to burst your bubble, but there is no global rice shortage.
      • auto98, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1yeah it should say the reduction in global rice production - there is still enough to go round, but because of capitalism it appears there is a shortage because the prices are rising so poorer people can't afford it, people see they have no rice and say there is a shortage, instead of saying "how come we can't get rice to the poor when there is enough still being produced"
    • bdbr, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1The global rice shortage doesn't have big names like Nestle, Cadbury, and Hershey behind it.
  • SolidBones, on 07/07/2008, -0/+9Somehow this one guy just isn't convincing me that there's a real problem.
  • hugoguzman, on 07/07/2008, -1/+2they'll likely be able to genetically engineer chocolate by then
    • CrazedLeper, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4Where there's a profit motive, there's a way.
  • phorty40, on 07/07/2008, -0/+12Chocolate flavored caviar the ultimate in decadence.
    • marx2k, on 07/07/2008, -0/+12Beats the hell out of caviar flavored chocolate >_<
  • macwac, on 07/07/2008, -1/+3... so will oil. Enjoy!
  • vinceislegend, on 07/07/2008, -6/+53***** THE RIAA
    • Otab, on 07/07/2008, -2/+1***** Bush!
    • Pronoiac, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1Thanks for my first real lol on digg. Now I have to think of something that is funny about restriction enzyme digestions so I can explain to my boss >.>
      • sonnybobiche, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3Tell him you found one that lyses at sequence GATTACA.
  • muellator, on 07/07/2008, -1/+3One step closer to curing America!
  • KingGorilla, on 07/07/2008, -0/+21There's always soylent chocolate
    • chrishiggins, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4
      • slvrbullet87, on 07/07/2008, -0/+11changes from person to person
      • Equinox2012, on 07/07/2008, -1/+4... and that was the comedy stylings of Gorilla, Higgins & Bullet... Good Night Everybody!
  • Tessela, on 07/07/2008, -2/+7Ah right in time for menopause >_< Bad timing world..bad timing.
  • binorgog, on 08/07/2008, -1/+13God I hope a female scientist gets her monthly visitor right before this happens.
  • carynyao, on 07/07/2008, -1/+31984... get out newspeak dictionary now!
  • thegreenspanput, on 07/07/2008, -0/+6cnn should be ashamed.
  • GoEKniGhtofNi, on 07/07/2008, -0/+8it's nice to be swiss once again :-)
    *eating a 400g choc bar* :-D
    • ColorBlind, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3god i envy you
    • EverTheCynic, on 07/07/2008, -0/+0*Eyes unfinished Swiss chocolate bar on desk* I guess I'd better enjoy it while it lasts.

      Which brands and bars do you recommend? I've been here a week and only decided that I prefer Cailler to Lindt. I just buy something random at Migros or Coop.
  • twiztidsinz, on 07/07/2008, -3/+28You know what we need?
    We need some Chocolate Rain
  • Evildudetx, on 07/07/2008, -1/+12Sorry, this is a ***** article. Just because they won't be able to sustain their farms, doesn't mean it won't be picked up somewhere else.
    • ryusen, on 07/09/2008, -0/+0i think they've started growing cacao in Hawaii, since they require similar conditions to coffee.
  • spookyttws, on 07/07/2008, -1/+2I knew about this and started stocking up. "Stocking up" doesn't seem to work with chocolate whn you live in the desert.
  • mcaaronice, on 07/07/2008, -0/+15For everyone who laughed at my plan for Caviar S'mores: NOW WHO IS LAUGHING!?!
  • noahhoward, on 07/07/2008, -2/+8Really? 6 years ago I read an article that said chocolate would be gone entirely in 5 years. I'm so tired of the ***** people come up with.
  • Tribunis, on 07/07/2008, -0/+14In other words, "Donate money to my organization to stop this doom"
  • whiterice0, on 07/07/2008, -0/+11Far more likely Chocolate will become as expensive as coffee.
  • Duositex, on 07/07/2008, -1/+9Buried for fearmongering bs.
  • willywong, on 07/07/2008, -1/+3It's not that nice anyway. Women seem to have some fetish for it though.
  • Renian, on 07/07/2008, -0/+13First, Iraq for oil.

    Next, Switzerland for chocolate.
    • marx2k, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3We will get there via the Hershey highway!
      • Renian, on 07/07/2008, -0/+7Getting there isn't the problem. I'm worried about our exit strategy.
      • phorty40, on 07/07/2008, -0/+6I for one support the war on chocolate.
  • Meursault, on 07/07/2008, -0/+16Yes, in 2029, you'll take your date to a 5 star restaurant and order the special: Cocoa Puffs.
    • SkippyDoorknob, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5"Now all restaurants are Kellogs"
  • Hetman, on 07/07/2008, -1/+4How about you just rotate the crops?
  • duckyinc, on 07/07/2008, -2/+1So what? In 20 years time drugs will be as cheap as water! mauhahahahahh!!!!
  • dontlookleft, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2oh no a ***** economy for more countries!! didn't see that coming.

    *takes a nap*
  • dromni, on 07/07/2008, -1/+13That article is a stinking heap of MAJOR *****. I am from Brazil, wich is also a cacao producer, and traditionally it is cultivated in the Bahia state, thousands of miles from the rainforest, so there is no such a thing as "cacao needing the rainforest".

    As other comment mentioned, "the Times should be ashamed". For starts, they write "cocoa" instead of "cacao" referring to the fruit used to produce chocolate. The poor fools...
    • flibuste, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3Although you are right about "cocoa", it seems that in english the two terms are interchangeable: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cacao
      There's no mistake in this, just unprecise terms.

      As for Brazil, the country accounts for around 5% of the total production of cocoa, and the crop is a different kind. Also, as the article mentionned, the cocoa plant is adaptable to drier soils. With 5% of no-rain-forest-destroyed-hyper-cool cocoa, Brazil isn't going to change anything to any shortage either so who cares? I suppose what happens in Ghana can be transposed to Ivory Coast, although the article doesn't mention it despite the fact that IC accounts for close to 50% of the total production.
      http://www.zchocolat.com/chocolate/chocolate/cocoa ...

      To sum up, I'm tired of people calling ***** just because an article is not very precise. Before whining, check your facts and open your eyes.
      That remark is valid to all those uneducated Digg morons who jump to conclusions with only reading an URL on their web browser.



  • Treoinmypocket, on 07/07/2008, -3/+3"Chocolate will become so rare and so expensive that the average Joe just won't be able to afford it"

    The average Joe is a fat-ass who shouldn't be eating it anyway. This gas crisis is going to get AMERICA IN SHAPE!
    • CiXeL, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2all this means is quality will go up as all sorts of small farmers all over the world in tropical countries specialize in growing cacao trees.
      you can even grow cacao in south florida. i have a nice sized tree in my backyard here in miami and there are great examples of podding cacao over at fairchild gardens.
  • BufordT, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5Yeah right, just like they said gas would become so expensive we won't be able to afford it. What will those dumbass experts thinks of next.

    That is sarcasm for all of the idiots out there who have an amazing inability to recognize it.
  • nypix, on 07/07/2008, -14/+3Chocolate Rain
    Some stay dry and others feel the pain
    Chocolate Rain
    A baby born will die before the sin

    Chocolate Rain
    The school books say it can't be here again
    Chocolate Rain
    The prisons make you wonder where it went

    Chocolate Rain
    Build a tent and say the world is dry
    Chocolate Rain
    Zoom the camera out and see the lie

    Chocolate Rain
    Forecast to be falling yesterday
    Chocolate Rain
    Only in the past is what they say

    Chocolate Rain
    Raised your neighborhood insurance rates
    Chocolate Rain
    Makes us happy 'livin in a gate

    Chocolate Rain
    Made me cross the street the other day
    Chocolate Rain
    Made you turn your head the other way

    (Chorus)
    Chocolate Rain
    quickly crashing through your veinshistory
    Chocolate Rain
    Using you to fall back down again
    [Repeat]

    Chocolate Rain
    Seldom mentioned on the radio
    Chocolate Rain
    Its the fear your leaders call control

    Chocolate Rain
    Worse than swearing worse than calling names
    Chocolate Rain
    Say it publicly and you're insane

    Chocolate Rain
    No one wants to hear about it now
    Chocolate Rain
    Wish real hard it goes away somehow

    Chocolate Rain
    Makes the best of friends begin to fight
    Chocolate Rain
    But did they know each other in the light?

    Chocolate Rain
    Every February washed away
    Chocolate Rain
    Stays behind as colors celebrate

    Chocolate Rain
    The same crime has a higher price to pay
    chocolate Rain
    The judge and jury swear it's not the face

    (Chorus)

    Chocolate Rain
    Dirty secrets of economy
    Chocolate Rain
    Turns that body into GDP

    Chocolate Rain
    The bell curve blames the baby's DNA
    Chocolate Rain
    But test scores are how much the parents make

    Chocolate Rain
    'Flippin cars in France the other night
    Chocolate Rain
    Cleans the sewers out beneath Mumbai

    Chocolate Rain
    'Cross the world and back its all the same
    Chocolate Rain
    Angels cry and shake their heads in shame

    Chocolate Rain
    Lifts the ark of paradise in sin
    Chocolate Rain
    Which part do you think you're 'livin in?

    Chocolate Rain
    More than 'marchin more than passing law
    Chocolate Rain
    Remake how we got to where we are.

    (Chorus)
    • skabyss, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5I buried you because I had to use my scroll wheel twice just to get past your lame-ass comment.
  • McHoffa, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3First bananas, now chocolate... what's next, cherries? and milk?
  • dafragsta, on 07/07/2008, -0/+6Yeah, I just came back from Idaho. No potato famine. Plenty of potatos.

    /I poisoned your wine... as well.
    • jonda9, on 07/07/2008, -0/+0potatoes, Dan Quail.
      • dafragsta, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1uuuh... actually, he is the one who spelled it with an E.
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