No more chocolates?
By aubrey
@averygirl72 (37845)
Philippines
February 9, 2018 3:48am CST
Scientist say chocolate may be extinct by the year 2050 due to changing temperatures around the world.
I still don't believe this. There are cacao growers here in my country so I still believe chocolates will still be available. But maybe cacao trees are hard to grow they need perfect climate to grow, I may still be alive at that time. I will be sad if it happens. I love chocolates so much
http://gulfnews.com/news/europe/uk/chocolate-likely-to-get-extinct-by-2050-1.2151441
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31 responses
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
Yes Swiss chocolates are popular. It worries me but I know it will not happen
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
@LadyDuck How old are you by 2050? I think I'm around 60 years old. I guess I'm still alive
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
Will you still be alive in 2050? I don't know if I will still be alive at that time
@MALUSE (69373)
• Germany
15 Feb 18
@averygirl72 Definitely not. I'd be more than 100 years old then. Not very likely.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
@averygirl72 In fact, the owner of our company has already sent some employees to trainings with regards cacao planting and they have planted already cacao on one of his lands.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
You are right. It's a good business. They will not let their business to stop so they make sure there is enough supply of cacao
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
9 Feb 18
I don't think the Philippines would run out of cacao trees not unless something really catastrophic happens to our environment like simultaneous super volcano eruptions or an asteroid hitting the Earth or something..
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
I really don't know how serious is climate change to affect cacao growers
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
@averygirl72 climate change might be gradual unlike an asteroid collision, its been hypothesized that they made dinosaurs extinct, what more of beans.
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
10 Feb 18
Well, they're not all healthy, I would be more alarmed if fruits and vegetables would become extinct.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32694)
• Calgary, Alberta
12 Feb 18
Chocolate have flavanoids which is good for the heart. It is also aphrodisiac so it is good for men with reproductive problems. Chocolate does have health benefits. It is even good for cancer patients.
its the sweet Milk chocolate that makes people fat. Not the Pure Black bitter chocolate.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
9 Feb 18
They only saysthese things to help people become a little be more protective of the enviroment. Honey had the same situation and even though it is still very low, honey and honey bees are taken more care of and they are using less pesticides too. It will be the same with chocolate and even if the enviroment cannot handle it, they would find a way to save it, it is why biodomes are so important.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
You are absolutely right. What are biodomes? It's just to scare people and make them more concern of the environment
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
@DesirousDreamer That's really interesting never know one before
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
15 Feb 18
@averygirl72 There is a huge one in I think Nevada. They are domes that have biomes, which are basically different environments, in this massive building. So they have rooms of temperatures for Jungles and Artic. They are rather interesting.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
9 Feb 18
It would be very sad if it happens. They also say the same thing about bananas. Maybe we will wake up and take better care of the planet.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
That's really sad and bad news for me. I really hope it does not happen. We need to take care more of our environment
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
Maybe it's a wrong prediction. These countries will be able to produce cacao beans up to year 2050
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@yugocean (9963)
• India
15 Feb 18
@averygirl72 More than that; and I am planning to produce chocolate in home too. (But I don't know how) any tricks?
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
15 Feb 18
My guess, it will be used as an excuse to raise the price of chocolate.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
24 Feb 18
That's really sad if that happens where the price of chocolates increase. That is possible to happen
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@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Feb 18
It will be very sad if chocolate becomes extinct.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
Yes it's a sad news for me. I hope it will not happen
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@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
15 Feb 18
@averygirl72 I hope it doesn't either.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
24 Feb 18
I guess it's a fake news too. I don't trust them too but we will see if that happens
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@thelme55 (76944)
• Germany
15 Feb 18
I don't think it will come to the point that we will not be able to buy chocolate anymore because no more cacao trees are planted. I am sure the companies will grow cacao trees somewhere. They earn a lot of money from chocolate so they don't let this stop.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
24 Feb 18
And modern science can do something for cacao trees to grow even with the threat of global climate change
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
Climate change would make it hard for cacao trees to grow. It may affect the production of chocolates
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
Is it bad for you? I always want to eat and drink chocolates
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
15 Feb 18
@averygirl72
Too much of it will add to my Phosphorous intake.
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Feb 18
I love it too. I do not believe it will be extinct.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
I do not believe in this news too. We can't tell let us see in year 2050
@zambaredevendra (26)
• India
15 Feb 18
you should protect environment and plant more trees as much possible
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
24 Feb 18
We should care for our environment and reduce green house gases to prevent climate change
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
24 Feb 18
We will see many years from now if that is true
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
15 Feb 18
All kinds of chocolate will not be available if they turn extinct
