Absolutely true. They ended up as raw crude making tons of money for Saudi Arabians.
I''d be in serious trouble if the coffee plantations went through some sort of catastrophic collapse....as is forecast by many climate-change scientists....
"Study after study has laid out the threat climate change poses to the coffee industry. Rising temperatures will bring drought, increase the range of diseases and kill large swaths of the insects that pollinate coffee plants. "
The serious trouble is when a new jail inmate discovers his companions aren't allowed to smoke. The new guys are already mean when they take away the smokes.
I saw those reports. I need my coffee to keep me from strangling the idiots that I have to deal with on a daily basis.
@WonderWartHog99 I think you're on the wrong page, or wrong topic?
@noworry28 I heard from more than one source that coffee actually encourages our tendency to react to the idiots.....
Follow up - for those with not enough time to read the article;
“Everybody talks about climate, but the only sector that’s actually doing something at scale is the coffee industry,”
So be aware; the Coffee ecologists are pumped up at adapting....
@Robecology >I think you're on the wrong page
You had spoken of addictive substances. I include coffee on that list, said the guy who bought his own espresso machine. Like wise it gets worse with smokes in jail.
@WonderWartHog99 OK....and they both are physically addictive....I just know that most smokers have ended that habit... and I used to work as a teacher in a jail..(in the 70's) but it's been a while
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