[usrnm]

Energy going up drives evrything up, including food. Everything we do depends on energy in many different ways.

[advisedwang]

It's possible for energy to be behind the rises in other cost, but the data presented here gives no evidence for or against that possibility.

[usrnm]

It obviously is part of the rises in other cost. We can argue how large a part, but I cannot imagine a world where they are unrelated