A natural monopoly is a monopoly that can arise when there are very high fixed costs or barriers to entry in getting started in an industry or delivering a product or service. Although the courts and government usually discourage monopolies, there are instances when society and consumers are better off with only one company.
exists and is an alternate of . The average weight of a car engine is 600lbs. Now that will vary depending on how many cylinders there are, sometime the displacement (depending on whether it is a different block all together or if the block is the same just with a bigger bore diameter), and the engine block material.
Engines are measured in litres. The parts of the engine where the fuel is burned to produce movement are called the cylinders â a car will usually have three, four, six or eight cylinders â and the volme of these cylinders is measured in litres. A 2.0-litre engine will have two litres of cylinder space altogether. So if it has four cylinders, each cylinder will be 500ml in volume (roughly the same as a large wine glass). Click here to see all cars with engines of 2.0 litres to 2.2 litres. A two-litre engine might also be referred to as 2.0 in brochures. Sometimes, the size of the engine will be part of the name of the car.