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Scientists claim it's already too late to save the luxury crops that make coffee, chocolate, and wine

https://www.earth.com/news/study-already-too-late-save-luxury-crops-needed-to-make-coffee-chocolate-and-wine/
sin_free_for_00_days @sopuli.xyz - 1mon

three luxury crops that millions rely on daily

I think I'm missing the correct definitions for a couple words here...

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neukenindekeuken @sh.itjust.works - 1mon

Without coffee, half the world ceases to function. So that half is the luxurious half.

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13igTyme - 1mon

People can adapt. Caffeine is not a necessity.

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IninewCrow - 1mon

Without caffeine ..... the world would suffer a massive withdrawal .... then everyone would start acting with more clarity and common sense.

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cassandrafatigue @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 1mon

It is for capitalism. That or cocaine.

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socsa - 1mon

Neither is sanitation or shelter.

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teft - 1mon

For a week or two people would be cranky and then everyone would adjust. Just like anyone who has ever quit caffeine has done.

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shalafi @lemmy.world - 1mon

A cup of coffee has a noticeable effect on my mood and motivation. I drink a cup in the morning whether I like it or not.

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chonglibloodsport @lemmy.world - 1mon

See I would call the expensive grades of coffee (specialty coffee, single origin, natural processed, etc) luxury but the vast majority of coffee sold is utility grade.

Similarly for chocolate!

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leftzero @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 1mon

I mean, they're pretty big industries. Can't grow the plants, a lot of people are out of jobs, and not just the farmers...

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whoever loves Digit 🇵🇸🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ - 1mon

No. Luxuries are essential to some people. Mainly 2 groups: enslaved providers, and people with medical needs.

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PhilipTheBucket - 1mon

Wait until it's wheat and corn

You're not going to give a shit about the chocolate

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TheReturnOfPEB @reddthat.com - 1mon

If Putin takes Ukraine then Putin will be in charge of approximately 1/3 of the carbohydrates on the planet.

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Tollana1234567 @lemmy.today - 1mon

i think they fare better in temperate climates, its the tropical ones like cacoa, vanilla, oranges,,,etc that are in trouble.

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PhilipTheBucket - 1mon

My point is that temperate climates are going to get fucked too, it'll just take slightly longer. But it will happen within our natural lifetimes.

What do we eat then?

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ThisSeriesIsFalse @lemmy.ca - 1mon

Soylent Green

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witty_username @feddit.nl - 1mon

Sensationalised headline. The cited research is about stratospheric aerosol injection and the effects thereof on luxury crops.

See the original work: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adfbff

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Spaz - 1mon

Study is only for solar cooling or seeding clouds.

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njm1314 @lemmy.world - 1mon

Grapes? We can't save grapes?

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RememberTheApollo_ @lemmy.world - 1mon

Ehh that’s dramatic. There are plenty of (not great tasting) fakes. We can easily synthesize caffeine, and alcohol can come from fermenting plenty of fruits and other things. There’s also teas of numerous varieties. So we’ll be just as caffeinated and drunk complaining about how bad the shitty fake Hershey’s chocolate tastes.

All that aside, there are a lot of crops which are essentially monocultures that are in danger from things like disease and climate change. Bananas, coffee, cacao, even oranges.

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Wren @lemmy.today - 1mon

We will make potato wine.

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Agent641 @lemmy.world - 1mon

And potatoes chocolate

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TheReturnOfPEB @reddthat.com - 1mon

caffeine pills it is then

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macaw_dean_settle @lemmy.world - 1mon

Also has been.

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whoever loves Digit 🇵🇸🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ - 1mon

Coffee and wine don't matter. Will climate denialist parents that pretend to care about their kids go as far as giving up coffee and wine to help afford chocolate for Halloween / Christmas time at least? Or is chocolate the first one to get cut out when it's harder to match supply with demand?

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