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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">This general proposal about electrifying freight railroads in order to create non-oil transportation is being put forth by several think tanks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It entails the following:</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 36.75pt; text-indent: -18.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.75pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">1) Electrification of all freight railroads.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 36.75pt; text-indent: -18.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.75pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">2) Moving 80% of long-haul truck freight off of the highways and onto rail.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 36.75pt; text-indent: -18.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.75pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">3) Obtaining all of the electricity from wind and solar sources.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 36.75pt; text-indent: -18.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.75pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">4) Building a new smart grid and adding new power lines to carry the power from the generally western wind farms eastward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 36.75pt; text-indent: -18.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.75pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">5) Routing the new power lines on railroad corridors.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 36.75pt; text-indent: -18.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.75pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">6) Adding HSR and high-speed freight trains.</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;">It is an ambitious plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I assume that this is being proposed as being executed entirely by the public sector.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I personally believe that this is being proposed in order to give the public sector more to do.</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-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;">Here is a link to this train of thought:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4301"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4301</span></span></a></span></p>
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