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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Murphy Siding</i> <br /><br />Where's that smilie icon who's turning his necktie up into a hangman's noose when you need it? Oh, that's right, we killed that thread.[V]. I do not wi***o fight the open access thread over again.[xx(] <br /> I do note, however,that allowing duopoly to run rampant will only lead to triopoly,quadopoly,etc...... Where will it end, I ask you? Are we doomed to the eventuality of googleopoly? Even then, there may be some who will say there is not enough *competition*[:O][:-,] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Murphy, remember from the OA thread that pricing under triopoly is statistically insignificant from competitive pricing, thus the "three or more" ideal. No need to pedantisize! (Yes, I made that last word up, but it's roots come from the word "pendantic" meaning to emphasize petty minutiae) <br /> <br />For this particular subject, the connection is the realization of an opportunity lost, wherein under the closed access system the idea of the niche player is nonexistant, but under OA the niche player is paramount. There was an opportunity for some railroad niche player to handle this 800,000 tons of coal using older spare 264k hoppers/gondolas (or whatever means he can contrive, to bad those older RoadRailers were scrapped!) and in doing so keeping alot more trucks off congested highways, but alas due to our closed access rail system this opportunity defaulted to the truckers (and the taxpayers) as usual. <br /> <br />This is an issue the railroad industry needs to address.
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