My local farm supplier had a similar lament. He competes with a COOP. Used to order fertilizer by the truckload, but the COOP ordered it by the train-car. So he

My local farm supplier had a similar lament. He competes with a COOP. Used to order fertilizer by the truckload, but the COOP ordered it by the train-car. So he had to as well, to get the better volume price. Then the COOP got bigger, ordered a trainload. So he had to. Then they went up to a barge. Then a barge train. It's the future. We cannot say "Let's all pay less for everything!" and "Lets keep using inefficient transport!" without being hypocritical.