Why you should be bracing yourself for higher grocery bills the rest of the year

[Fishrrman]

catfish observed:
"I've read that EV batteries in a vehicular fire can reach 5000 degrees F.  There will be countless deaths in EV's for this reason that likely were survivable wreck with an internal combustion engine.  If their was any integrity in the NTSB, this fact would be more widespread"

Indeed.
Just look at pics of the "remains" of that Tesla that crashed a few days ago -- next to nothing left of it.

I'm thinking that in the future, severe crashes involving electric cars -- particularly where BOTH vehicles are electric-powered -- are going to be less "survivable" than similar crashes between gasoline-powered vehicles.

Ever go to YouTube, then type in "lithium battery explosion" in the search box?

But no matter... "it's for the good of the planet" !

[Smokin Joe]

Blame the pandemic if you like, but higher energy and transportation costs cannot be ignored.

You nailed it. Period.

Fuel (87 octane gasoline, up to 10% ETOH), here from 1.79/Gallon to 2.69/gallon.

Increase fuel costs by 50+%, transport costs will go up, too, and it all gets billed through to the customer.