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| Divine Cacao (Public Domain) |
Is it that the
Mayan deities wish to keep it all for themselves? Or is there an all-too-human reason
for its possible disappearance?
Today’s cacao mainly grows in West Africa. Global
warming could mean that the current rainforest
habitat will no longer sustain such crops. “Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration have [therefore] predicted
that cacao plants are likely to go extinct as
early as 2050…”
A world
without chocolate? Unthinkable! Mars to the
rescue: not the planet, but the corporation. This candy-dandy company has teamed up
with the University of California
Berkeley in order “to modify the DNA of cacao
plants.”
Will the
gods co-opt said GMO chocolate? Probably
not. They will allow humans to munch on
these inferior creations to their hearts’
discontent.
Resources
https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/restaurantsandnews/scientists-expect-chocolate-to-go-extinct-by-2050/ar-BBHMHSQ?ocid=BHEA000
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