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.
But that is not because they are lighter. The average new car weighed 3,221 pounds in 1987 but 4,009 pounds in 2010. Even small-size sedans have packed on the pounds, thanks to more-powerfulâif more-efficientâengines, as well as features like nicer seats, more safety features, and more legroom.