Agree that an understanding of market dynamics is important, but no one is making this an exercise in class warfare. Victor Craft is just raising the point that someone should at least look into promising alternatives. No matter what one's politics may be, shouldn't every possibility be open for discussion and investigation? One market issue is surely the fact that overall demand is nearly infinite (global) while supply is severely constrained (by physical limitations to start with -- it's an island). The situation may differ slightly depending upon the price segment, but overall it seems to be true. This is economics 101.