Yeah, but the "buy total shit because it's homemade" argument is dead in the water. Should you subsidize inferior, inefficient products with your pocketbook? No, and no economist would tell you to.

"Buy American" is patriotic-sounding, but wrong. Punishing buggywhip businesses that is darwinian, and - long term - better for the economy.

The cost of the fuel is reflected in the price of the product - if it makes economic sense to buy CFLs, it makes environmental sense too.

Yeah, I find it hard to believe. If the economics work, then the envronment aspects (probably) work out too.

If $10 worth CFLs can certainly save you more then $10 worth of electricity; but the OP think it costs more than $10 worth of oil to ship it here? If true, then they're loosing money on each shipment.

In short.. bullshit.