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SentraSE-R · 12-12-2009, 06:56 PM

It's also why so many private businesses fail. I can see some LED traffic light companies that will never get another contract for their failed light designs in snow country.

There's no problem with a gov't standard to reduce energy consumption of traffic lights. Then it's up to industry to use its innovation to make it work.

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