More fuel stations in the land of greed

Abstract

Greed has, since time immemorial, been demonised as the root of many a scourge that befall humans. This is reflected in the plethora of proverbs from different civilisations and of quotations from famous personalities that revolve around the concept of greed. For instance, according to a Swiss proverb, “A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same”, while the most celebrated of sayings about greed probably hails from Mahatma Gandhi: “There is sufficiency in the world for man’s needs but not for man’s greed.” At the risk of sounding too critical of the Maltese persona, the concept of greed seems to have been elevated to a new status locally, especially where ODZ land uptake is involved, with the current fuel station sham boom being a case in point.