Cheap [25cents], safe [no dangerous gas], incandescent light bulb or expensive [$3], hazardous [mercury], CFL?

They are making us switch to the latter so that the extra electricity saved from light bulbs can then be used to power the electric "green" cars the ultra-radical, tree hugging, spotted-owl saving eco-terrorists are so in love with. Rather than reduce our dependence upon electricity (and the oil needed to generate it), the current electric output will be redirected.