> Germany ironically allows very little competition on its rail network so buses have become quite popular as an alternative. Nothing ironic about this. Rails

> Germany ironically allows very little competition on its rail network so buses have become quite popular as an alternative. Nothing ironic about this. Rails is as natural an economy as they come. All networks are, but non-packet-based (cars, today's computer networks) ones all the more so. (And comparing the faux-fluid dynamics and encapsulation overhead explains why computer network packets are mostly good, while cars are atrocious).