If what you were suggesting was the case it would have the effect of changing completely the existing social structure of the canals. This in turn would have an effect on the canals themselves which you do not mention. How many of the boaters brought in my your simple supply/demand analysis would bother navigating the HNC or the BCN, for example? What price the survival of either of these waterway?
But it won't happen like you say. How many times do I have to remind you Adrian that the pure economic models on which you base your high-sounding but frequently specious arguments never WOULD work. The qualifiers are far too numerous and can be read in any number of different ways. Steve Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Stott <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 13:26:01 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [canals-list] Re: Shades of ''The 3 Horseshoes'' "tiamiboat" <[email protected]> wrote: >The canal is of finite length with a limited amount of facilities including >moorings. You can't keep on filling it up with boats or you'll be able to walk >from London to Birmingham by boat without getting wet. What's the solution >.... some might say market forces and economics i.e. pricing structures .... >over to you Adrian! Already discussed. But you may not like it <g>. BW's charges (except for moorings) are now well below the market-clearing level, as evidenced by the continuing increase in the number of boats. So, BW increases its navigation charges to the point of maximum revenue. A number of current boaters will decide to take up another hobby, but BW will still be ahead (fewer boats, but more revenue from each on average). The waterways will be less crowded. Also might consider transit charges for overly-busy (e.g. Braunston flight) or water shortage routes, to encourage less traffic there and more on lightly-used ones. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966 ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
