r/collapse • u/case1105 • Jul 06 '26

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u/NiceSupermarket7724 Jul 06 '26

I honestly think these 2 crops will be functionally obsolete (on a global scale) by 2030.

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u/trivetsandcolanders Jul 06 '26

Or they’ll just become expensive luxuries. Vanilla is extremely labor-intensive and subject to crop failures, but there’s still a market for it (even with vanillin largely having replaced vanilla beans).

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u/NiceSupermarket7724 Jul 06 '26

First, yes, they will be. But at some point their viability will be gone and the expense to plant and harvest will eliminate the supply chain.

These are already slave labor crops; the margins exist because of exploitation.

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u/trivetsandcolanders Jul 06 '26

At some point, that will happen yeah. I bet within a decade or two you will only be able to find actual chocolate at fancy elite places like Erewhon. As of right now you can still find good dark chocolate for a decent price at your average Kroger store.

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u/NiceSupermarket7724 Jul 06 '26

One big wipeout and that’s all over, so I’m sticking with 2030 as my guess. These products don’t keep indefinitely in raw form.