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Re:Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry? by JumpCrisscross on Friday May 03, 2024 @03:46PM (#40251569)
> How can that not be said for anything anywhere that becomes an obvious monopoly?

I can't hook up my own ISP or manufacture my own prescription drugs quite as easily as I can put up solar panels or buy a generator.

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Re:Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry? by dumbo-octopus on Friday May 03, 2024 @03:48PM (#40251592)
What exactly are you proposing goes in this generator?
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Re:Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry? by JumpCrisscross on Friday May 03, 2024 @03:50PM (#40251621)
> What exactly are you proposing goes in this generator?

Whatever fuel you have access to that's cheapest. For most people, that will be natural gas or propane.

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Re:Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry? by dumbo-octopus on Friday May 03, 2024 @03:55PM (#40251678)
So we're back to buying fossil fuels from a third party
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Re:Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry? by JumpCrisscross on Friday May 03, 2024 @03:57PM (#40251703)
> we're back to buying fossil fuels from a third party

If we ignore the non-fossil fuel solution mentioned, yes. The point is it's a weak natural monopoly due to multiple alternatives.

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