I tore an article out of teh paper recently cos of the title

"Savings on fluoros are not so bright"

A bloke with a lot of time on his hands (& perhaps some techo aptitude) opened up one of those new whizz0bang energy efficient globes.

What he found was "a treasure trove of sophisticated silicon circuitry.

One twisted fluoro tube
5 plastic capacitors
one large electrolytic czpacitor
two silicon power transistors
five silicon diode rectifiers (told ya he must have had some tecxho abiloty