Climate Change May Push Up Coffee Prices

globalpost.com:

COLOMBA, Guatemala �" For as long as they can remember, the farmers who grow coffee between the steep volcanic peaks here started the annual harvest in late September �" until this year.

An erratic rainy season forced the farmers of the Santa Anita La Union Cooperative in this small town in Guatemala's highlands to start picking coffee in the final days of August.

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[objectivist510]

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/15/taking_liberties/entry5314040.shtml

"The Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap and trade law would cost American taxpayers up to $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent.

A previously unreleased analysis prepared by the U.S. Department of Treasury says the total in new taxes would be between $100 billion to $200 billion a year. At the upper end of the administration's estimate, the cost per American household would be an extra $1,761 a year. "

[hardrain77]

Was this study funded by Starbucks Inc?

[davidwayneosedach]

Global warming will also probably changes the areas bested suited for growing coffee. Higher coffee prices are nothing new. What's next? Orange juice?