Same can be said of candles! Place them on a christmas tree and your looking for trouble.
But maybe that what Dave.... wants us to go back to ! 
You've got that bassackwards! The use of
fluorescent's have been with us for
over a century. Fluorescent lamps are old technology and has never been considered safe for household use... by most people...
until recently. Because for decades Fluorescent was primarily used as an industrial or commercial form of lighting many don't realize it is so old.
Actually in my part of the world...
using Fluorescent lamps pre-dates candles on Christmas trees as we didn't take up the Germain tradition until the early 1900's.
I prefer we move forward using modern and safe technologies that benefit the humans that live in our homes. Not accept antiquated technologies used only because of old ideologies that feed on an outdated political movement from the 1930's.
You don't need to be young to have an open mind to modern ideas... nor do you need to be old to remember (or research) past mistakes and learn and benefit from them. Turning your back on the new technologies and ideas... to embrace the old and familiar ones... is called regression. (
Is that the right word anthonylavado?). CFL's is a regressive technology. A very old idea made new again. Some would prefer to FEEL good about their actions... without thinking about what they are doing... or why. That's OK... but it's not progressive... except by political definition.
