I've just discovered how much power I saved by switching to compact fluorescents instead of incandescents. Unfortunately, to a lot of people around here, anything which smacks of conservation is TEH LIBARAL PLOT'S TO DESTROY AMERICA.
Calm down, cowboy. :^)
Conservation is cool. We all do it!
The only issue I have with that is the color of the light. I'm a blondish haired guy of primarily German ansestry and a German sized fellow who burns in 10 minutes of direct sunlight. I think I'm 10% vampire(mostly because I see the neck of nubile young women and I want to suck on it, but that's besides the point) but the real issue is I look deathly ill under those lamps. I really like those Reveal bulbs because they make me look human.
Do they really make a difference? I am willing to toss a couple of them around the house.