Gasoline prices hit record highs in March 2022, and understandably, people were not happy about it. But some of the theories floating around social media that it’s because of gas taxes, greedy oil CEOs, or climate policy are not all that relevant to those high prices. Host Ethan Brown breaks down why these three explanations make no sense, what actually caused the price swing, and some short-term and long-term solution ideas in this episode of “Tip of the Iceberg” edition of The Sweaty Penguin.
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“Tip of the Iceberg” is a podcast about climate change, produced in collaboration with “The Sweaty Penguin” and presented by Peril and Promise. In each episode, host Ethan Brown breaks down a news story related to climate change, contextualizes it within the broader conversation, and then answers a question from an audience member which had been submitted via social media.
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