It's been going around the internet faster than you can say, "fake news!" Have you seen this posted online? I have. Many, many people are now jumping up and down claiming that the end is near for chocolate because of climate change. While it's true, climate change might have a serious effect on various plants in upcoming generations, no, chocolate is not going anywhere for the foreseeable future. In fact, it's annoying clickbait an my grave fear is that'll become "common knowledge" in the next few months.
The "chocolate going extinct" craze makes people feel scared. The average person only cares about the environment when it effects them, and this effects them. The hardcore environmentalists will promote this like crazy because it fits in with their agenda. They did so with the "honeybees going extinct" scare a few years ago that has been pretty much debunked as well, but once a public scare is out there it's very hard for rational and skeptical thought to regain the upper hand.
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