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  • From: "K. Jo Garner" <kelly AT metalab.unc.edu>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] The Price of Eggs in China
  • Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:48:13 -0400 (EDT)

On 29 Aug 2003, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
->But people don't buy milk, orange juice, and Starbucks lattee in the
->same quantities as gasoline. So the economies of scale aren't there,

Well speak for your damn self, then.

->the distribution network isn't as big, etc. Gasoline is one of the few
->commodities that everyone buys in bulk, versus in packages (or in bulk
->in small amounts, like grocery store produce). There's a big cost in
->generating the packaging for orange juice, for example.

And the "packaging" for gas (stations, pumps, pump technology - I mean,
how much is pay at the pump?)

Cheers
Kj

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