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"Me either. I have a 12' high ceiling fan I got tired of changing light bulbs in."

They solved the opposite problem in my case. When I finished my basement I had to use recessed can fixtures in order to have enough ceiling height. Unfortunately due to heat buildup I couldn't put anything bigger than a 60 watt bulb in the fixtures, and even with spotlights the basement always had a very dim glow. I replaced the spots with CFLs that put out a pure white light equivalent to a 100 what bulb and it made the space much more livable, and actually runs cooler than the 60w spots. And as an Irony the 100w CFLs cost less that the 60w spots, and you can only tell the difference if you look straight up into the can.

I also use smaller CFLs in closets and enclosed fixtures, again not because of saving money, but because they are cooler for a given level of light.

I also have them outside too, since I keep those light on for 10 hours at a time in the winter. The conventional bulbs had an irritating tendency to burn out when you The only weird thing was that on a day when we went to ten below, the outside lights came on orange for about 10 minutes.

I probably have more than 30 CFL in my house and not one bought for the purpose of saving the planet. And there is no way I'm going to give up the dimming lights in my family room, bedrooms and dining room. The fact that I'm saving some cash is just sauce for the goose. But the choice to put them in or not was mine and not some Washington or Springfield bureaucrats.