Quote - This is a hot-button issue for me. I am very aware of the conflicting reports and counter claims. However, questionable factors brought up mean nothing to me. Argue the points however you like - I have my own conclusion.

My wife switched my office/playroom from 6 ordinary bulbs to 6 CFLs. They SUCK. I can't see - they take half an hour to get up to the rated luminance and I still can't see. They SUCK.

They produce ugly green light. They SUCK.

New generation? They SUCK.

As you age your need for good light increases, I'm 51 and am damn near blind with a 100 watt light bulb. cfl lighting is not much better than no lighting. I replaced one of my down lights in my kitchen with a cfl and it takes a good 15 min to warm up enough to see by and never does put out as much light as the incandecent lights.

The Libs may have made a big blunder by making them manditory by 2012, that is an election year. Get folks pissed off enough in an election year and that will be very bad for them.