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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I did try to clarify that that there are basically two proposals for electrification:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">1)      The most long running proposal is the one based on private business economics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">2)      The other proposal, more recently developed is based on the government electrifying the railroads to save the planet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">As far as I know, prior to this thread, this second proposal has only been discussed once on this forum, and that was in this thread:</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/162687.aspx?PageIndex=1"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/162687.aspx?PageIndex=1</span></span></a></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first proposal has been discussed in probably 100 threads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Many who discuss the first proposal are simply not aware of the second proposal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I would not have brought up the second proposal on this thread had it not appeared to me that the original poster had made it the topic of this thread.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">My preference is that the first proposal is fine with me because it will not hurt me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>However, I regard the second proposal is being a dishonest political power grab that will hurt all of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I suspect most electric railfans would support the second proposal, however, because they would see it as free electrification from the government.</span></span></span></p>
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