For the record, I'm all for switching to CFs, & just made my first purchase of same earlier this week. Home Depot has a great selection, & in multi-paks they're not much more expensive than the old-fashion Edison types...especially when you factor in that you won't be replacing them anywhere near as often. That's a major factor in my decision to switch, I'm tired of having to climb up and replace the bulb in my workshop lamp every 2-3 months, & the CFs are warranteed for about 9 years; factor in that I'll use about 25% of the kilowatt-hours for roughly the same light...I love it! I'm just getting tired of politicians & bandwagon jumpers pushing us into things without considering the Law of Unintended Consequenses...I really want to save $$$ AND the environment at the same time if I can, but I can't see the logic in having to drive across town to safely recycle my lightbulbs...WalMart has annouced that it wants to sell 1,000,000 CF bulbs to do their part, but they've not said anything about what they inted to do with the leftovers...there's lots of stores that serve as recycling stations for old batteries, cell phones, even ink cartridges, I see no reason why we can't do the same with flourescents...just trying to get the word out, is all I'm doing here...

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