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[quote user="Murphy Siding"][quote user="TheAntiGates"][quote user="Murphy Siding"]      The sad truth, I believe, is that the sum accomplishment of the DM&E PRB extention would only be the re-distribution of money from BNSF and UP's stockholders to someone else's pockets.[V] [/quote] In one of the reports on Matt Rose's objection(s) to DM&E, the comment was made that BNSF and UP already hold all the contracts for PRB coal . Sure would like to understand that claim better,  Are they saying that there is a franchise-like relationship, with the two majors having an exclusive right to deal with the mines, or are they saying that all the contracts for delivery with the end user utilities are currently with them? The former might be a big deal, but the latter seems like only a matter of time before contracts need to be renewed, and utilities currently using a seperate source could always create new contracts with DME that previously used eastern coal So, I'm at a loss to appreciate what Rose was trying to imply with that comment. [/quote]      I take that as meaning that BNSF and UP have all the long term contracts at this point.  When the contracts come up for renewal, then it will be a 3-way pricing battle.  At that point, doesn't DM&E have a 1 in 3 chance of getting the business? [/quote] You see Murph?  Use a catchphrase like "re-distribution of wealth" in describing the DM&E vs BNSF/UP battle, and suddenly AG seems almost reticent in his critisism of DM&E. I guess Solz and I had it all wrong regarding the framing of this debate - we should have portrayed DM&E as the oppressed proletariat fighting for equality against the bourgeoisie BNSF/UP/Mayo elite, and AG would have been all over those evil capitalist Mayo pigs.[soapbox]
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