Monopoly is not part of free market capitalism, especially when the monopoly is on a resource that is a necessity of life with how society is currently set up. The goverment has put price ceilings on items that were part of monopolies to prevent them from just charging what they want because people had no other choice if they needed it, problem is alot of the people that are in the chairs currently to make that decision have their hands in the butter when it comes to the oil companies, so why would they want to limit their own personal income when it will just flourish more and they can now afford that yacht that is 110 feet long instead of 90?
Kinda makes me wish GM didn't rip up all those train tracks and prevent alot of the early development of public transportation to get more people to buy cars.