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the high efficeny sodium and other lamps take a few minutes
to come to full briteness.

That doesn't matter.

by the time the sensor tripped light on vehicle would of passed.

That doesn't matter.

plus theres liability issues if lamps fail for some reason....

It STILL doesn't matter.

All that matters is that we FEEL GOOD just doing something - anything -
to address the "crisis" of "wasted" energy and the koff, hack global
warming it causes.

When all the efforts toward conservation have been made, although that
will never happen in the minds of too many, it still won't be enough to
some. To the environmentalist extremist, the only truly good world is
one where mankind no longer exists. Until that day, they won't be
happy. Of course, they'll be gone, too, so it's moot point.

A growing society will consume increasing amounts of energy. There is
NO WAY around that fact.

A society that no longer grows will collapse and be gone. There is no
way around THAT fact.

Take your pick.
--
JR