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Why is there not competition? Sounds like a job for local lobbying!
by Wolfenstein98k 6y ago
Why is there not competition?
Sounds like a job for local lobbying!
- TYPE_FASTER 6y agoWe moved to a town with no municipal trash pickup. There are three private companies I can use. I pay $40/mo for one barrel of trash, and one of recycling every two weeks. Instead of one truck picking up trash on a route, there are at least three trucks picking up trash and driving through our neighborhood. In this instance, each of us negotiating independently with the vendor, and having 3x the traffic, doesn't make sense to me.
- danaris 6y agoWater supply is a natural monopoly—if a private company has built the infrastructure, they may own the pipes. Competition is unlikely for two important reasons: first, because you really don't want 23 different sets of pipes running everywhere (or the ground being dug up 23 separate times, with the attendant collateral damage, including to the existing pipes); second, because the cost and red tape involved with running your own pipes is a huge barrier to entry. That, plus the obvious fact that everyone needs water to live, is exactly why water should always and everywhere be a public utility, operated for the public good.