https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/reeses-hersey-chocolate-candy-cocoa
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/reeses-hersey-chocolate-candy-cocoa
Cocoa beans quadrupled in price because a series of droughts and floods since 2020 destroyed the plants and made surviving trees vulnerable to pests " in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, which, combined, produce 70% of the world’s chocolate ".
By late 2025, the trees recovered and cocoa shortage now eases.
Prices might follow but not immediately because previous harvests were sold at higher prices.
Alternative locations in Ecuador or Indonesia are also prone to more extreme weather events thanks to Exxon's lies which made fossil fools of us.
What's more: small plantations get abandoned because people move into cities to look for less volatile, permanent jobs.****
Sudden urbanisation driven by climate change? We've seen in Syria what that leads to.Haven't bought chocolate since it surged past 15€ per kilo = a doubling some time in 2024.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/reeses-hersey-chocolate-candy-cocoa
Cocoa beans quadrupled in price because a series of droughts and floods since 2020 destroyed the plants and made surviving trees vulnerable to pests " in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, which, combined, produce 70% of the world’s chocolate ".
By late 2025, the trees recovered and cocoa shortage now eases.
Prices might follow but not immediately because previous harvests were sold at higher prices.
Alternative locations in Ecuador or Indonesia are also prone to more extreme weather events thanks to Exxon's lies which made fossil fools of us.
What's more: small plantations get abandoned because people move into cities to look for less volatile, permanent jobs.****
Sudden urbanisation driven by climate change? We've seen in Syria what that leads to.Haven't bought chocolate since it surged past 15€ per kilo = a doubling some time in 2024.
Cocoa price quadrupled. I stopped buying 2024 when🍫surged past 15€/kg. What did this do to "cocoa-GDP"?
Yes, my choc_economic activity dropped to 0. But theoretically, price hikes could have achieved the same €-amount with fewer sales.
I assume Economics 101 teaches: No societal collapse when GDP stays the same…right?…^^
Meanwhile, the dropped choconomic activity led to job insecurity in the whole choc_supply chain.
Not on the management level, they probably increased their salaries ^^ but everyone else at least felt they were worse off – or even lost their job. Like the bean pickers who fled into cities searching for less volatile jobs, increasing the pressure on housing needs, on infrastructure, on all sorts of supplies.
(And they also increase CO2 emissions because everything they now need in the city incurs GHG from transport – and they won't have a garden in the city to feed them.)But hey, managers got a salary increase.
And rich people simply paid more. And poorer people ate less.How can this have no effect on societal stability, even if choc_GDP stayed the same?
Feeling insecure means less spending on everything else as well. And many people do feel more insecure now and spend less.
All because Exxon's lies stole cocoa from them.
Southern Europe and UK winters were too wet as well. Olive harvest kaput, winter crops drowned, soil that was under water for weeks on end is kaput.
Infrastructure is broken.
And many more people feel less secure because of it.
Yes, some rejoice because there's all this cleaning up and the repairs to do.
How can this have no effect on
societal stability, even if actual GDP stays the same?You reading this: has a detrimental effect on societal stability as well. Because it adds to your feeling less secure – and to your spending less, I bet. Doesn't it?
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Cocoa price quadrupled. I stopped buying 2024 when🍫surged past 15€/kg. What did this do to "cocoa-GDP"?
Yes, my choc_economic activity dropped to 0. But theoretically, price hikes could have achieved the same €-amount with fewer sales.
I assume Economics 101 teaches: No societal collapse when GDP stays the same…right?…^^
Meanwhile, the dropped choconomic activity led to job insecurity in the whole choc_supply chain.
Not on the management level, they probably increased their salaries ^^ but everyone else at least felt they were worse off – or even lost their job. Like the bean pickers who fled into cities searching for less volatile jobs, increasing the pressure on housing needs, on infrastructure, on all sorts of supplies.
(And they also increase CO2 emissions because everything they now need in the city incurs GHG from transport – and they won't have a garden in the city to feed them.)But hey, managers got a salary increase.
And rich people simply paid more. And poorer people ate less.How can this have no effect on societal stability, even if choc_GDP stayed the same?
Feeling insecure means less spending on everything else as well. And many people do feel more insecure now and spend less.
All because Exxon's lies stole cocoa from them.
Southern Europe and UK winters were too wet as well. Olive harvest kaput, winter crops drowned, soil that was under water for weeks on end is kaput.
Infrastructure is broken.
And many more people feel less secure because of it.
Yes, some rejoice because there's all this cleaning up and the repairs to do.
How can this have no effect on
societal stability, even if actual GDP stays the same?You reading this: has a detrimental effect on societal stability as well. Because it adds to your feeling less secure – and to your spending less, I bet. Doesn't it?
@anlomedad
Used to have cocoa on my muesli, a taste I acquired in Bolivia. Now use carob powder. Hard to find but in some wholefood shops. It's also a Mediterranean legume tree, adapted to semi arid conditions.Still like a bit of dark chocolate though.
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@anlomedad
Used to have cocoa on my muesli, a taste I acquired in Bolivia. Now use carob powder. Hard to find but in some wholefood shops. It's also a Mediterranean legume tree, adapted to semi arid conditions.Still like a bit of dark chocolate though.
Ah, carob! Yeah. Really nice. And a bit chocolatry too.
Reminds me of tonka beans now that I think of it. Maybe related species? -
Ah, carob! Yeah. Really nice. And a bit chocolatry too.
Reminds me of tonka beans now that I think of it. Maybe related species?@anlomedad
Well they are new on me. Learn something every day!
"Dipteryx odorata (commonly known as "cumaru", "kumaru", or "Brazilian teak") is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. The tree is native to Northern South America[2] and is semi-deciduous.[3] Its seeds are known as tonka beans,..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipteryx_odorata -
@anlomedad
Well they are new on me. Learn something every day!
"Dipteryx odorata (commonly known as "cumaru", "kumaru", or "Brazilian teak") is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. The tree is native to Northern South America[2] and is semi-deciduous.[3] Its seeds are known as tonka beans,..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipteryx_odorataHaven't seen carob on a supermarket shelf here. Our cheap supermarket chains stock tonka as syrup in small squeezing tubes in the baking aisle.
They both likely face the same climate fate as cocoa. 🫠
The two, side by side with peas
Carob
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Ceratonia
Species: C. siliquaTonka
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Dipteryx
Species: D. odorataPea
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lathyrus
Species: L. oleraceus -
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