"About 65% of registered voters in the US think that global heating is affecting the cost of living, according to the polling by Yale University. Extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, storms and heatwaves, exacerbated by the climate crisis, are taking a toll on food production, with recent spikes in the cost of coffee and chocolate blamed by experts, at least in part, on global heating."
"I find it stunning that even some people in the climate community say that we should stop talking about the climate because there's a cost-of-living crisis going on, he said. It's a fundamental error to treat these issues as mutually exclusive climate solutions are also cost-of-living solutions. Most of the elite discourse is very bad at estimating or understanding levels of public concern, and this is a good example of this."
A majority of US registered voters perceive global heating as affecting their cost of living, with Yale polling indicating about 65% agreement. Extreme weather events driven by the climate crisis are damaging food production and contributing to price spikes in commodities like coffee and chocolate. Rising home electricity bills and steep insurance premium increases are tied to climate impacts and policies reducing solar and wind deployment. New datacenters face community backlash for emissions and higher power demands. Public opinion increasingly connects climate solutions with cost-of-living relief rather than treating them as separate issues.
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