Color Challenge - Thursday Green - Abandoned Factory by gillianpearce

colorchallenge · @gillianpearce · Jul 12 '18

$1.38

Color Challenge - Thursday Green - Abandoned Factory

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# Abandoned in a Field of Tobacco
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I took this photograph of an abandoned factory when I was visiting Bulgaria with my family. (Can anyone translate what it says on the front of it? @irreverent-dan maybe?) &#128522;

The plants in the field in front of it are tobacco, I think. I least I hope they are otherwise it makes the following statistics a bit misplaced! &#128514;

I was surprised to discover that tobacco is still grown in Europe, given the huge reduction in the number of smokers, but Bulgaria still produces about 25 million kg of tobacco each year apparently. The majority of this is sold to China.

The revenue in the tobacco products market is expected to be approx US$1,991m in 2018. The market, unsurprisingly has been and is expected to decline annually by -0.2%. [Source](https://www.statista.com/outlook/50000000/130/tobacco-products/bulgaria).

So there you have, a little bit of more random information hits the block chain and all because of a green holiday photograph. &#128513;

[![Green Bulgaria.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/Qmaj2Cko4aTQU3DbTTsLJCtUnqaDPb1Mmon2n52MEo5dwx)](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/Qmaj2Cko4aTQU3DbTTsLJCtUnqaDPb1Mmon2n52MEo5dwx)

<sup> *Be sure to click on the image to view it full screen!*</sup>

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Thanks to @kalemandra for the daily color challenge.

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@curatorcat · Jul 12 '18

I've seen photographs of "abandoned things" in Bulgaria... I seem to remember reading that their population has been in decline ever since the fall of Communism, and is expected to continue declining for another 30-40 years. 

=^..^=

👍 gillianpearce

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@gillianpearce · Jul 12 '18

I've not heard that statistic @curatorcat. That seems a long time for a population to be in decline.

thank you for visiting and for leaving a comment. &#128522;

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@steven-patrick · Jul 12 '18

$0.05

Lovely plants and blooms.  I think younger people are smoking a bit more these days.  Old folks like us have virtually quit across the board.  Now pot is becoming more and more accepted in the US.  Smoking pot is even worse for your lungs.

👍 steven-patrick, gillianpearce

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@gillianpearce · Jul 12 '18

I didn't know that about pot Steven-patrick. Does it create more tar then than cigarettes?

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@viruk · Jul 12 '18

Thats quite a debated point. There are arguments that even though it may be worse weight for weight, cigarettes tend to be smoked in greater numbers than joints. 
Weed also has positive benefits, see Neuroprotective effect of cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive component from Cannabis sativa, on beta-amyloid-induced toxicity in PC12 cells. 2004] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15030397
Then there's the method of consumption, when ingested ot vaped, cannabis is significantly less harmful than tobacco.

👍 gillianpearce

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@melinda010100 · Jul 13 '18

It is a  beautiful photo!  And interesting facts. There is still some tobacco grown in our area

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@gillianpearce · Jul 13 '18 (edited)

Thank you @melinda010100. It's surprising there's so much of it grown still, although i suspect it's a tiny portion of what was grown in the past.

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