Extreme weather and climate change add to inflation — clean energy is the answer
Published 10:47 am Friday, December 2, 2022
BY NORMA MORRISON
With inflation continuing as winter approaches, many Carter Countians are concerned about high household bills.
In recent years we’ve seen how pandemic-disrupted supply and demand, and the impact of international events such as the war in Ukraine, can influence the bills that arrive in our mailboxes and the prices we see at the pump and grocery store.
Additionally, consumers are feeling the pain from a more permanent cost — that of increasing climate catastrophes caused by burning fossil fuels.
In a vicious circle, disruptions from extreme weather, made worse by…