It's just not right...

As a sort of carry-over from yesterday's post, it never ceases to amaze me how many people complain about something without offering any viable alternative. It's always up to "them" to do something about "it" - whoever they may be, and whatever it is. At the moment there are people getting into a lather over the fact that there are a dozen or so oil tankers anchored off the Devon coast. The perception (probably correct) is that the owners are banking on the price of oil increasing, and that therefore they stand to make more money by waiting rather than bringing their cargo into port now. This is portrayed as "greedy oil barons hammering the poor consumer". But what exactly do they expect, and what do they think can or should be done about it? Ah no, that's for someone else ("them") to sort out. After all, let's be realistic. Oil companies are in it for the profit - they're not charities or part of social services. And what's the alternative? Some sort of Government regulation - and how exactly would that work? And would you really want the price of petrol determined by Government diktat rather than by market forces? It would spell the end of supermarket price-wars for starters. If you've got ideas, then let's hear them - but don't just whinge.