Exactly the point. Tunnels are not a mass market product. And did you notice that the US lost the ability to build viable subways ca. 1950? A mile of new US subway now costs upwards of a Billion!
It strikes me that today's market for tunneling machines looks vaguely similar to the market for launch vehicles before SpaceX came along.
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So efficient that it is no longer the binding constraint?
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So that there are two major players with little frequency of innovation in a market of extremely large scale projects that are do a large degree paid for by governments?
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