Posted on 06/22/2017 5:26:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
What will it take for people to care about climate change? For some, the thought of a crummier cup of coffee in the morning just might do it.
A new study finds that Ethiopia, the world's fifth-largest coffee producer, could lose up to 60% of its suitable farming land by the end of this century because of climate change.
The study, published Monday in Nature Plants, found the combination of low rainfall and rising temperatures could have substantial effects on the coffee-growing areas in the country.
According to a report from World Coffee Research, the demand for coffee will have doubled by 2050, but the suitable land to grow it on will be cut in half.
And the effects of climate change don't just lower how much coffee is produced -- they can also hamper its quality.
In areas with lower temperatures, coffee quality is generally higher, World Coffee Research spokeswoman Hanna Neuschwanker told CNN.
"The problem is coffee producers aren't paid enough, so helping them adapt to a very difficult complex, changing situation like you see with climate change and extreme weather events is very, very difficult to do," Neuschwanker said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Well, if man is still alive. If woman can survive...
Starbucks is doomed.
Tim Horton’s will be able to grow local Canadian coffee.
Funny how often the climate change folks use the word "could". But I don't recall Newton saying "For every action there could be an equal and opposite reaction."
Or Einstein saying "E could equal mc squared".
Kind of makes me suspect that climate change science really isn't science at all.
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
How many people know Vietnam is the second-largest coffee producer after Brazil? It produces twice as much as Columbia!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3MqmV47Lq8
in the year 2525, if starbucks is still alive.
if juan valdez can survive. we’ll thrive...
in the year 3535, if al gore is right...
no land will be in sight, good bye....
“I’m pretty sure that’s hot cocoa, not coffee.”
Nah. That’s likely locally-sourced vegan artisan kool-aid.
I didn’t know Gary Busey golfed...
I’m thinking the same thing. With a little luck maybe I can have my own coffee trees in my back yard here in Wisconsin. Awesome!
OK, that’s it.
I was fine with not being able to breath because of the overabundance of greenhouse gases. I could live with the bubbling, puss-filled blisters on my body from the 120° temperatures outside. I could even see moving onto a houseboat because my land-based house will be underwater. And, I don’t give a rat’s patootie about a few polar bears giving their lives so I can drive my SUV.
BUTT DON’T SCREW WITH MY COFFEE!
If they tell me that my bacon will be affected...I’m joining Algore, and going all Antifa on the anti-climate-changers.
It’s war, baby.
How long have you been posting this thing over and over on every climate thread? It has to be at least ten years.
In the movie Idiocracy, by 2505 Starbucks is a men’s ‘club’ - don’t forget to ask for extra foam...
Climate change could lower the quality of your coffee
Or not
“herb tea”
I do not have the proverbial green thumb, but I do grow an abundance of chamomile and hyacinths, both of which make fine teas.
What lies and threats do we need to spread to con these idiots into our massive scam?
And monkeys could fly out of my butt, but nobody wants to spend $trillions to stop that from happening.
“Full Body” Latte...$50,000
Now this is really series, and pj boy should go back to bed.
I am thinking Socialism is gonna have a far more profound negative impact on coffe quality than climate change but that’s just me.
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