Water comes to my house in pipes. Food costs very little and transport is only a small part of that cost too. My house is already here so no transport required there.
The water in the pipes requires a lot of energy. Extraction, cleaning, pumping it around. It will get more expensive with higher energy prices.
Producing food requires a lot of energy. Tractors, harvesters, packaging plants, transport to supermarket. Energy prices will make your food more expensive.
Houses need heating, cooling, repairs.
The cost of almost everything almost everywhere will rise a lot very quickly in the coming months if this mess keeps getting messier (and it is). Fossil fuels and the price of it are deeply embedded in every aspect of life.
All those things are pocket change compared to the cost of housing with rent/mortgage. Fix the mortgage rate and life is easy. If anything inflation is eating away my debt nicely. Now its easy to pay it even on UK minimum wage.
Water comes to my house in pipes. Food costs very little and transport is only a small part of that cost too. My house is already here so no transport required there.
The water in the pipes requires a lot of energy. Extraction, cleaning, pumping it around. It will get more expensive with higher energy prices.
Producing food requires a lot of energy. Tractors, harvesters, packaging plants, transport to supermarket. Energy prices will make your food more expensive.
Houses need heating, cooling, repairs.
The cost of almost everything almost everywhere will rise a lot very quickly in the coming months if this mess keeps getting messier (and it is). Fossil fuels and the price of it are deeply embedded in every aspect of life.
All those things are pocket change compared to the cost of housing with rent/mortgage. Fix the mortgage rate and life is easy. If anything inflation is eating away my debt nicely. Now its easy to pay it even on UK minimum wage.