Apart from all the health issues and environmental risks that have been associated with these 'friendly' lightbulbs, they are just no good!!
This decision was made before the change of government - it was made by the same government that thought global warming was not a priority issue; the same government that refused to sign the Kyoto protocol. Instead they distracted everybody with this stupid, and downright dangerous idea.
I'm in Australia at the moment and people are going around changing the lights for senior citizens. My grandmother no longer does much at night because the new bulbs are so dim she cannot see!!
We could not find any of the normal bulbs in the shop, and so tried out one of the new ones. We literally could not see to do anything - it was not possible to read (it would have been brighter if we'd just lit a couple of candles). I felt like I was on school camp, sneaking around with a torch after 'lights out'.
Now, I'm all for saving the world, but these new lightbulbs are a complete and utter failure.
Unfortunately, Australia has a long history of making utterly stupid decisions to give the impression they care so much more than other countries.