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Panic over. Apparently Arabica coffee can be grown in artificial environments: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7170479.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/

• hyperbovine 11y ago
  At the scale needed to meet world demand? Give me a break.
  • protomyth 11y ago
    "The total area covered by Arabica and other types of coffee is about 400,000 hectares." [1] "Almería in southern Spain has developed the largest concentration of greenhouses in the world, covering 26,000 hectares" [2] So, a small town in southern Spain is within 5%. It would be costly and prices would go up, but its not impossible. At some point we need to start looking at this type of stuff for certain luxury crops (e.g. cocoa beans). Jordan and Norway look like they are doing some stuff using seawater, so I would imagine others are thinking about this kind of stuff. 1) http://equalexchange.coop/history-of-coffee-in-ethiopia http://equalexchange.coop/history-of-coffee-in-ethiopia I assume their facts are correct for this part even though it is a political site. 2) http://geographyfieldwork.com/AlmeriaClimateChange.htm http://geographyfieldwork.com/AlmeriaClimateChange.htm
  • iolothebard 11y ago
    Ever seen what we do for oil & gas because of demand? No break needed. People will pay for it or they won't.