I hate dumb people bitching

In my office, I can hear the usual conversation of two of my employees. It is usually mindless dribble, but many times, it is pure crap. This morning was one of those pure crap time. The conversation was on the price of gasoline. They have discussed the topic many time, but have not come up with a solution. That is one thing that bugs me. They don't talk about the root cause of the high price of gas, they just blame in on the President. They also don't look at the grand scheme of things. Gas is not that much more expensive. As a percentage price increase it is, but lets look at what it really means to the average driver. Assuming the average drive drives 10,000 miles per year and has fuel economy between 15 and 20 mpg their weekly increase in fuel cost is between 19 and 14 dollars. The less someone drives, the less their increase is. In the long-term, if people drove cars with better fuel economy the overall price of gas would decrease. What bugs me about these discussions is that people just complain. They offer no solution.