This Is How the World’s Favorite Scent Disappears

2 years ago by silence7 to c/climate

Vanilla substitutes exist, but there is no replacing the symphonic complexities of the real thing.
fubarx 20 points 2 years ago

It won't disappear. It will just become an unaffordable luxury item.

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Donjuanme 12 points 2 years ago

I know it isn't exactly the same but there are as many varieties of artificial vanilla out there. It's not disappearing, we're just not concerned with the original

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AnUnusualRelic 12 points 2 years ago

People who do pastry and food are absolutely concerned.

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StaticFalconar 3 points 2 years ago

And they will get over it. Our current banana isnt the same as the old one but its that or nothing.

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Kroxx 4 points 2 years ago

First thought when I read this headline was this is absurd, vanillin is super easy to synthesize the scent/flavor isn't going anywhere. Now actual beans may become super scarce which sucks for sure.

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TheFriar 7 points 2 years ago

Is there any reason, if the specific conditions are so narrowly defined, that we can’t grow the orchid hydroponically in a controlled environment anywhere in the world?

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silence7 7 points 2 years ago

It's really expensive. Cultivation outside Mexico already depends on child labor because the bees it needs only live in Mexico

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Birbatron 7 points 2 years ago

"along a very narrow band of the earth, between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn."

Uhh, I wouldn't consider that very narrow, especially given that it's 36% of Earth's landmass and a third of all people live in it

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Reverendender 4 points 2 years ago path: 0 11572920, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 3
silence7 8 points 2 years ago

The original post is a gift link. People shouldn't be hitting the paywall for the next 30d unless one of the following is true:

  • They've got Javascript disabled
  • They're running a device which strips the gift token off the URL
  • Their device desperately needs a reboot
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ChicoSuave 4 points 2 years ago

If I don't listen to when my machine and browser when they beg for a reboot, why would I do so for a gift article?

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Grass 2 points 2 years ago

I haven't had javascript enabled in a decade. site doesn't work I only vm or sandbox or similar if I absolutely need to use the site.

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