Bread, biscuit and beer prices could rise due to wet weather

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1. > The wet weather has left many fields too wet to be planted with new crops

   I’m fed up of people on Reddit claiming we’ve had a regular amount of rainfall or it’s simply been “April showers” when the statistics say otherwise.

   England has had almost 140% of its long term average rain over the past 12 months.

   https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/662a4920690acb1c0ba7e612/Rainfall_and_river_flow_summary_17_to_23_April_2024.pdf

2. C’mon now, replace that ‘could’ with ‘will’.

   They got another excuse to gouge us with.

3. Global warming brings both extremes.

   Rain and cold
   Hot and dry.

4. Well well well if it isn’t the consequences of our actions

5. Maybe paying farmers to grow less crops might have something to do with it
   Because that is what the government are doing!

6. Mentions of climate change? Zero.

   Mentions of more than a full year of record-breaking [north atlantic](https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/) and [world](https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/) sea surface temperature? Zero.

   Mentions of [a really quite warm northern hemisphere](https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/?dm_id=nh)? Zero.

   *”Oh my oh my where is all this rain coming from it’s such a mystery!”*

   The warmer the air the more water vapour it can hold. 1°C warmer air can hold 7% more water. The warmer the water, the more evaporation there is.

   *Really*, Beeb? You *can’t* mention these directly relevant facts?

   It’s almost as if they don’t want people connecting the dots between climate stability and food supply…

   Worried about people not remaining calm, perhaps?

7. Not surprised, I travel between York & Newcastle twice a month & the fields have been noticeably waterlogged since the start of the year.

8. Oh so literally the best 3 things we have are getting more expensive

9. Every reason is good to raise prices. Too much water, not enough of water, ideal level of water then something else come in.

10. They won’t however lower due to warmer less wet weather in the summer

11. Surely people have noticed our climate has already changed. Spring and autumn have ceased to exist and we now have two seasons. A wet season that lasts from October to April and a dry season that lasts from May to September. Our farmers are going to need to learn how to plant rice, and cinchona for the quinine.

12. Rain? Prices go up!
    No rain? Prices up
    Cold? That’ll cost you
    Minor conflict in a country you’ve never heard of? Better sell your car!

13. Add in the rising price of petrol, some further increases in mortgage lending, the potential need for a government bailout of Thames Water, and it’s going to mean inflation will start going up again.

14. Maybe it’s time to reconsider gm crops that can grow in such wetter weather

15. _____________ prices could rise due to ____________

    fill in either blank with whatever you want. it’s just the story of the past few years