Cap and trade can only work by raising energy prices.

Energy and high fuel prices were crucial factors affecting development.

Soaring energy prices, for example, have become a leading inflation risk.

The higher prices of food and energy depress real incomes further.

With higher energy prices, many Russian officials are enjoying their renewed power.

The struggle to meet rising food and energy prices is hard enough.

Rich country consumers are responding to higher energy prices, and it helps.

By the same token, soaring energy prices shifted purchasing power from the United States and Europe to oil exporters, who, recognizing the volatility of energy prices, rightly saved much of this income.

Food and energy prices are more likely to be affected by monetary policy.

It is clear why the state budget depends almost totally on energy prices.

While it persisted, expenditures swelled but were manageable until, suddenly, energy prices collapsed.

NEW YORK The world economy is being battered by sharply higher energy prices.

Alternative sources to Russian energy are not the only means to decrease prices.

By liberalizing energy prices, governments allowed markets to encourage conservation and new supply.

Likewise, modern energy crops increase deforestation, displace agriculture, and push up food prices.

The agenda to address climate change overlapped with the imperative for greater energy efficiency in the wake of high energy prices.

And higher oil prices mean a greater incentive to invest in energy R D.

Then there is the energy issue. High oil prices have resurrected an old vulnerability.

While energy prices remain high by historical standards, Gazprom now operates at a loss.

In particular, thanks to massive liquidity, energy prices are now rising too high too soon.

Our goals should be reliable supplies of energy that are environmentally safe at affordable prices.

Rising energy prices already point in this direction, but this knowledge has yet to register.

Belarus s economy can function only if Russia subsidizes energy prices and allocates non repayable credits.

We need to make certain that market prices for energy use reflect the true social costs of using energy, so that energy users and energy suppliers make better choices regarding energy efficiency, the development of alternative energy sources, and the adoption of environmentally safe technologies.

With energy prices moving center stage, there is a danger that already weak incentives for investment in low carbon energy will be further undermined.

Another new dimension of the energy security problem is the manner in which high prices and increased reserves have transferred power to energy producing countries.

Rising energy and commodity prices helped create the global food crisis, which fed the financial crisis.

Rising food and energy prices pushed inflation up to 9.7 in May, from 8.2 in April.

Steadily rising prices of raw materials, agricultural products, and energy already reflect fears about future shortages.

The reasons for this have not changed rising demand for energy, alongside concerns about climate change, volatile fossil fuel prices, and the security of energy supplies.

But higher energy prices, by themselves, will not cause the ECB to pull the interest rate trigger.

And, given rising global demand for oil, particularly in developing countries, energy import prices will remain high.

Lenders provide money when times are good, but want their money back when, say, energy prices plummet.

By implication, if nothing else, global energy, food, and mineral prices will continue to be buoyed by seemingly insatiable emerging market demand, which commands much higher reserve prices.

As a result, Europe will remain a net energy importer. And, given rising global demand for oil, particularly in developing countries, energy import prices will remain high.

Just as pressures on oil and gas supplies have driven up energy prices, environmental stresses may now push up food and water prices in many parts of the world.

The point is simple When energy prices stop falling, the overall price index will rise close to 2 .

Because of rising energy prices from green subsidies, 800,000 German households can no longer pay their electricity bills.

Inflation fear was already present before the new challenges of 2011 raised questions about long term energy prices.

Today, the debate is over core inflation, which excludes food and energy prices because they are too volatile.

They might be causing an increase in energy prices, amplified by the aging and soon decommissioned production capacity.

This is a most positive initiative at a time of high and volatile energy prices and insecure supplies.

Encouraging investments in renewable energy and increased energy efficiency will have the added benefit of boosting long term self reliance and resilience against the volatility of fossil fuel prices.

Consumers who are forced to pay higher prices for energy will have less money to spend on other things.

Some adaptation will occur naturally, as rising energy and other commodity prices generate incentives to economize or seek alternatives.