[Vaquero]

I buy the squigly florescence bulbs on sale all the time in the supermarket for $2 a piece.

I could give a rats @$$ about “green”....I do it to save money on my enormous electric bill....

[mowowie]

I have a couple of fluorescents in my garage that a buddy gave me.
They are super bright when warmed up and super WHITE.
I just bought two 2-way splitters, one for each socket.
Now i have one fluorescent for the bright white light and one incandesent 100 watt for the warm light in each socket.

Now my garage is both super bright and still has the sense of warmth to it.
Worked out pretty good.

[cameraeye]

I do the same. And yet they still raise the electric rates because they are not making enough money. Pure greed of the energy companies.

[cyclotic]

Yea, when the CFL’s burn out, I throw them away, when they break, I clean ‘em up and throw them away. I don’t call the HAZMAT team, I don’t replace my carpet and repaint my room. I even dropped one in my kids towybox once and it broke. I cleaned it up and threw it away.