greenflation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A rise in energy prices as a result of shifting from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "But in the wake of so much publicity, are we now undergoing a wave of “greenflation,” where the term “green” is used to justify almost everything and anything, as long as it can make the claim of lowering carbon?"
- "While decarbonizing our homes can lead to price stability and significant savings — my family, for example, cut our monthly utility bill by more than 75 percent in a recent renovation — we must also prepare for what Dr. Schnabel calls “greenflation,” the higher prices and labor crunches that come with the green transition."