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I don't understand what the two have to do with each other. You say there's already a monopoly but if we'd bought a stockpile from the monopoly at market price
by ipsin 4y ago
I don't understand what the two have to do with each other.
You say there's already a monopoly but if we'd bought a stockpile from the monopoly at market prices, we'd... still have a stockpile.
- bsder 4y agoThe point is that you don't need a stockpile if you have supply diversity. If you have two suppliers, one going down clobbers half of the market and the other company has to ramp up 100% to take over. That's simply not feasible. If you have five suppliers and one goes down, the remaining four companies only have to increase 20% each to take over the load. That's not easy, but it's actually in the realm of being possible.