On: The fungus that devastates the Cavendish banana ha...

[quickthrower2]

"The banana is one step closer to disappearing" - seems to be overstating it. They mean the Cavendish Banana and therefore large scale Banana cultivation. However we could still have a variety of bananas, lower scale and have banana be more of a treat than a common food.

[onetimemanytime → quickthrower2]

>>However we could still have a variety of bananas, lower scale and have banana be more of a treat than a common food.

Those that could afford the $XX / lbs price would.

[quickthrower2 → onetimemanytime]

It wouldn't be the only food like this, and nutritionally I think people can survive without bananas.

I'd miss em though. Nothing like frozen banana + milk blended.