QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal . But as usual what occurs under rail captivity is that the shipper is forced into using the transport mode of last resort, at a much higher cost to its customers.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton By the way, the Canadian Pacific's Chicago-Milwaukee line is within spitting distance of WEPCO's Pleasant Prairie plant. As long as some trucking is already in the plan, it would seem that CP Rail-Truck could be an option, thus taking WEPCO out from under the monopolistic thumb of those wicked folks over at the UP. Jay
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding 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(] 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][:-,]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding [ 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?
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding [ 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? I think we are safe from a googleopoly. Warning: Math ahead! The term "google" was originally created many years ago by the son of a mathmetician who was looking for a word to describe a very large number. Officially, a 'google' is the number ten, raised to the power of 100. For a detailed description of very large numbers, see: http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/cyc/g/googol.htm
QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding 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(] 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][:-,] 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) 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. This is an issue the railroad industry needs to address.
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