Who cares about human life, as long as free market principals are allowed to operate that's much more important. Uberbastid, you are the worse kind of human.
Free market principles will deliver all the gas and water you need in an area.
Believe this: when $20 per gallon gas is allowed, there will be LOTS of gas available.
Some truck driver with the right kind of trailer will say: "Yea, I will put out $25k of my own money to fill that trailer, AND I will risk life and equipment to profit $250k." And the gas will get there.
It's just like what we do driving Uber. The price is set artificially low, and we been whining about it for months. If I'm the worst kind of human, then Travis K must be the best.
Artificial price supports cause shortages. They do not benefit human life or quality of life - it has the opposite effect.
Ask anyone who's had experience trying to rent an apt in a rent control city.
Ask anyone who lives in a rent control apt how hard it is to get landlord to do repairs or maintenance - he can't afford to.
Capitalism rocks.
Freedom rules.