This Week in the War on Women, May 24-30, 2015: Climate Change, No Chocolate!?! And Other Calamities

I have recently learned that climate change will be MUCH worse than previously thought:  It is already affecting chocolate! That's right, the elixir that gives guys a fighting chance is already 25% more expensive.  By 2020, chocolate could be as rare as fine caviar.  Can civilization survive a chocolate shortage?!

Some of you softies have been crying about your loss of coastline, wetlands and drinking water; flooding of your Atlantic Cities, your Bostons, your Floridas, your Hawaiis; your shortages of grains, fruits and vegetables, livestock and fish; your loss of big mammals like polar bears and reindeer.
But no chocolate?  This is a real emergency!!!

As everyone knows and study by the University of Arizona College of Medicine confirms:

Chocolate cravings... fluctuate with hormonal changes....  Chocolate cravings are real.  The psychopharmacologic and chemosensory effects of chocolate must be considered when formulating recommendations for overall healthful eating.

There, see?  The world will not be a healthful place without chocolate.  Medical scientists agree.

As Inga Muscio has said:

The crazed... [unpleasant woman] from irritation hell recedes.  In her place arises a side of ourselves with whom we may not -- at first -- be comfortable.  She is a vulnerable, highly perceptive genius.

We must not lose our chocolate!!  Our powers and our abilities are at stake!
So what will you do about it?  Here's a good list from the National Resources Defense Council (please click the link for details):  Choose renewable energy; offset your carbon footprint; drive smarter, drive less, or don't drive at all; weatherize your home; buy energy-efficient appliances (and electronics); and of course, keep the pressure on Congress and the EPA that you expect them to take action to limit climate change.  The NRDC also recommends buying compact fluorescent light bulbs, but I can't recommend those; they have mercury in them, and if they break and you have pets, they could end up poisoned.  No thanks!  But there are other low-energy lighting choices.

Which actions to slow climate change have you taken and/or will you take?

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