In a letter-to-the-editor published in a number of papers across our state earlier this month, Indiana Chamber of Commerce CEO Kevin Brinegar partly blames the clean energy transition for higher gas prices. According to Mr. Brinegar, “[Green energy] initiatives have directed suppliers to go the renewable energy route at the expense of petroleum production…this has driven up prices at the pump and for anything related to oil.”As a 16-year-old Hoosier and climate advocate who cares about my generation’s future as well as the future of this planet, I find such attempts to implicate the clean energy transition quite appalling.The record-high gas prices Americans are facing can be a complicated issue to wrap one’s head around. However, it’s quite…
Clean energy isn’t the culprit for high gas prices. It’s the solution. | Opinion
