That has been my experience, and I enjoy paying around one-third the cost of equivalent incandescent illumination.
I also replaced my worn-out top-loading washing machine with a high efficiency front-loader, and I used 19 dollars worth of soap and a LOT less hot water in the two years since (for the two of us).
Nothing wrong with cost efficiency, unless the gov't "invents" it, and they did not in these two cases.
Yes. The problem is that when they try to force it on us, some folks totally reject it. I don't want them telling me what to do. But I don't want to reject something that saves me money.
Why not just let both types of bulbs coexist and let people find what is best for them?
But that is not how "progressives" work. They want you to do what they want you to do and NOW!