Talk about media saturation...

Man, I would suck as a reporter! I just get the feeling sometimes like no one really cares.

Petrol prices rising.

Low hydro lake levels.

Power cuts over winter.

People dying due to aforementioned power cuts.

Rising food prices.

Missing teenagers.

The list goes on. But it's a little too much sometimes. I think that we, on the whole, have lost the ability to be shocked. TV brings images of devastation, starvation, suffering and violence right into our lounges. So much stuff leeches into our subconscious that we don't even think about it anymore.

Meanwhile we all complain about the stuff that affects us - the fact that we have to get up twice as early so we can catch a bus into work because petrol has risen in price by 12% in a week, that we have the scour the papers/pamphlets to find good deals on cheap food, not turning any lights on to save power - but there's nothing we can do about it.

I would really be interested to hear if someone actually knew of a viable way in which:
1) petrol prices can come down
2) food can be less expensive

It's all supply and demand, isn't it? There is HUGE demand for petrol, so naturally the prices skyrocket. Meanwhile Joe Bloggs on the street gets hacked off because everything is so expensive and you end up with a situation like the riots in Spain.

So, is the free market all it's cracked up to be?

Something to think about, isn't it?