Comment Inflation is not from heat (Score 3, Informative) 94
The definition of inflation is "an increase in monetary supply".
Heat has nothing to do with it. Inflation is caused by governments permanently FORCING inflation - the U.S. for example has a 2% target for annual inflation they work to maintain, which has now run away from them.
Everything getting more expensive is on government central bankers, not a warming planet.
Why do governments inflate? It's an easy way of stealing from you without seeming to tax your or directly take your money... instead they print more to spend on extravagances you would be mad to fund directly, but the money you hold is worth less. At 2% you don't really notice year to hear how much value you are losing, it's only in recent years it's become really clear what kind of theft inflation can be.