Come, Mr. tally-man, tally me banana.....

.....before they're gone forever.

16 January 2003

Defenceless banana 'will be extinct in 10 years'

By Robert Uhlig, Farming Correspondent

Buy your bananas now. Scientists warn today that the world's favourite fruit could be extinct within 10 years because it is unable to fight off a rampaging plague of pests and disease.

Emile Frison, head of a worldwide network of banana researchers, warned that the world's favourite fruit was at crisis point, with yields in decline in much of Africa, Asia and central America.

He and other scientists warned that the regions most dependent on the banana, relying on the fruit for up to half their daily calories, are facing the tropical equivalent of the Irish potato famine.

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http://millennium-debate.org/tel16jan03.htm

Interesting. Guess I'll be making a lotta banana chips before this happens :)

This isn't good, though. When it happens, maybe it'll wake people up to the fact that we really shouldn't mess with nature all that much. The irony? We may need to use genetic engineering to save the banana.

Firt Peak Oil, now Peak Bananas!!!!

:evilgrin:

he does have great world respect.