From: andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk   
      
   On 2005-02-10, David Summers  wrote:   
   >>Nowhere and nothing is 100% safe and the closer you try to reach   
   >>100%, the more expensive it becomes.   
   >   
   > Interestingly enough - the market forces are the opposite of this to a   
   > certain extent.  The more risky a vacation is (skydiving, scuba,   
   > mountaineering), the more expensive it is.  Liability insurance, I   
   > guess.   
      
   Whilst that is partly a factor, there's a simple demand issue - all   
   things being equal, more people will want a nice quiet risk-free holiday   
   than will want an Exciting! Risky! one.   
      
   (Compare the market for "package holidays to go lie on a beach" with the   
   market for "package holidays to go mountain-climbing")   
      
   Hypothesis: This is a simple linear relationship. If so, that'd suggest   
   an explanation for your observation - the more people want to do   
   something, the more economies of scale will kick in and make it cheaper.   
      
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   -Andrew Gray   
    andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk   
      
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