Quote Originally Posted by BananaStand View Post
We're gonna talk in circles here wuf, but I think it's time we just agree that there is such a thing as....I don't know what you wanna call it......pick a word.....Imperfections.....Conflicts.....Undesirab le effects.....in a completely free and unregulated market.

In a completely free, unregulated market maybe 5 other electric companies would pop up, and the cost of electricity might go down as a result. Sure...fine. But what else happens? Do consumers really want five sets of power lines running along their streets? or if we're talking about trains....how many more instances of tracks crossing roads would there be? What does that do to commuter traffic?

Maybe consumers have decided that having ONE set of infrastructure is most desirable, and worth some nominal extra cost.
The bold is something the market can sort out on its own without regulations.