It's now being reported that one of their vaunted advantages -- a lifetime of several years -- is greatly exaggerated. When used in places like bathrooms and hallways where lights are frequently turned on for short periods, and then turned off again, they have a greatly reduced lifespan.
I willfully use them in a few places, my bedside reading lamp because it puts out the same lumens as a 100 watt bulb without getting as hot, and in some difficult to reach locations where it's a PITA to frequently change bulbs. But now I'm reading more and more about these things catching on fire.
Can you imagine the reaction of the Framers if you told them that one day the Federal government would have so inserted itself into the lives of individual citizens that it dictates their choices for mundane household commodities? This government is so completely out of control I don't know that it will ever be put back in its place, short of a total collapse of civilization.