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Given the damage and cleanup costs that downed power lines create after inclement weather, should municipalities and utility companies — by taxes up front or insurance costs later — be required to replace wood utility poles with composite structures? Should stronger, composite utility poles be required in all new installations, eventually replacing the old infrastructure of wooden or metal poles?
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