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[quote user="Murphy Siding"] [quote user="Bucyrus"]  I think this is part of what made BNSF attractive to Buffet.    The government wants the following:  1)      Electrification of rail. 2)      Use of rail corridors for new grid transmission to rail electrification and other uses. 3)      Wind farms where the wind blows and land is available.  The use of rail corridors for electrical transmission will minimize the NIMBYS and speed up the transmission line approval process.  The whole thing will be financed more by public money than by private capital.  I bet it will begin within five years unless we have a complete economic collapse in the meantime. [/quote]  I think this is more like conjecture on your part.  To me, it appears to be what Bycyrus thinks the government wants.  I just don't see the connection between Berkshire Hathaway buying BNSF, and BNSF electrifying.      Pehaps the government wants a chicken in every pot as well?  Because BNSF hauls chicken feed, and because B-H is buying BNSF, can we conlude that B-H bought BNSF for the purpose of putting a chicken in every pot?[/quote] Gee, I did not mean to suggest that I have some kind of legal proof that the government will cause BNSF to electrify.  I am just reading the writing on the wall, and there is a lot of it pointing to national rail electrification for sustainable transportation.   <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> Here is a link to the plan.  You could dismiss this as just a special interest think tank piece: <o:p></o:p> <A href="http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4301">http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4301</A> <o:p></o:p> But here is the same plan as the new mission statement from the FRA: <o:p></o:p> <A href="http://www.fra.dot.gov/Downloads/RailPlanPrelim10-15.pdf">http://www.fra.dot.gov/Downloads/RailPlanPrelim10-15.pdf</A> <o:p></o:p> Here it is from BNSF Matt Rose: <o:p></o:p> <A href="http://www.joc.com/node/410836/">http://www.joc.com/node/410836/</A> <o:p></o:p>   I should clarify that when I say the government wants these items, I mean the party in power wants them.  And at this point, it is only a matter of intent, so no government policy or funding is in place now.  Moreover, if the political climate changes or if there is inability to generate public funding, none of these elements of electrification may ever come to fruition, or even be started.  However, at this point, I think it is clearly where we are headed.  The intent is there and I don’t see a problem paying for it.  But just to be clear, while I expect it, I am not advocating it.  In fact, I disagree with much of the rationale being used to support it.
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