Is This the Peak of Peak Panic? Peak Chocolate, Peak Maple Syrup, & More

Discover, November 19 2010.

PEAK CHOCOLATE

Chocoholics, be afraid. Be very afraid. Peak chocolate is coming.

Soon, humanity’s appetite for chocolate will increase to the point where there just isn’t enough chocolate in the world to sustain it. Researchers and chocolatiers the world over are predicting a chocolate peak within 20 years, John Mason, of the Nature Conservation Research Council told The Independent:

“In 20 years chocolate will be like caviar. It will become so rare and so expensive that the average Joe just won’t be able to afford it.” Read More >