. The following graph shows the demand (D) for gas services in the imaginary town of Utilityburg. The graph also shows the marginal revenue (MR) curve, the marginal cost (MC) curve, and the average total cost (ATC) curve for the local gas company, a natural monopolist.   2. Which of the following statements are true about this natural monopoly? Check all that apply. The gas company is experiencing economies of scale.   It is more efficient on the cost side for one producer to exist in this market rather than a large number of producers.   The gas company is experiencing diseconomies of scale.   In order for a monopoly to exist in this case, the government must have intervened and created it.

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