the only time CFLs are save money if you dont have big loads in order your biggist expense, is electric furnance, A/C, electric water heater, dyer, electric stove. and CFLS are last on the list. that explanes why only small savings, and the gov want to bully us on lighting.
that one reason why i used cothline it drys as fast as the dryer does, second
I cook on a BBQ pit, third you can get hot water from miles of piping on the roof,
you can cool a house down when you need to water plants out side. cheap free
if the water company spend energy pumping water to your house, you can hareness some
of that cooling energy when you take a shower or water plants out side in the evening.
ther are ways to skin a cat on energy company. just remember energy is a vicious cycle
and how you manage them. that the key