"compact flourescent light bulbs will replace incandescent light bulbs."

This is of course a fallacy - as CFLs are just not suitable for many applications - they cannot be dimmed easily for one.

Also they cost far more in expensive resources to make (part of the reason why they cost more to buy) and if used inappropriately - as in cases where they are switched on and off for short periods of time - their life is very short, even shorter than incandescants - thus they create far more 'greenhouse problem'.

Also they can generate massive RFI...

Since the Aussie pollies thought up this clanger (now being copied by other countries!), the Aussie Technical Magazine Silicon Chip has run some more real technical info on the matter...