You didn ' t illustrate it to my satisfaction and its not exactly an economics level explanation of how those things function to say dude down the road is super busy to explain why you opened with the suggestion that now water is $ 200 a bottle . Given your apparent obvious control of the subject its surprising your original proposition was so unlikely . I just find it amusing when someone gets frustrated that their own inadequate grasp of the material in explaining it is leading to a condescending tone . I am aware that economics is a thing of course . There is no guarantee however that your inarticulate statements conform to its precepts , and of course even among economists there ' s always great disagreement about a lot of things . Its not a science after all despite being sold often as if it were .