That's a meaningless point when the "average user" doesn't know which distros are meant for him/her.

Your defensive impulse sounds a lot like "You're holding the phone wrong."

I'm not making any claims about their overall reliability. Just sharing my own positive experience with them.

"Our societies are now based on rampant consumerism and the freedom of the individual to do whatever they want, so long as it's not illegal and they can pay for it."

The majority of the people on Earth already live under repressive governments with horrendous environmental protection laws in place (if any). Your "solution" is to further restrict individual freedom. I think your idea needs some work.

For what my anecdotal account is worth, I'm completely satisfied with my CFLs. I've had nothing but CFLs in my house since about '04 and have only had to replace a half-dozen or so.

The energy savings justified the cost of the switch from incandescent bulbs to CFLs. Going from CFLs to LEDs, it isn't even close.

I imagine there will be plenty of people who read this and regard it as a "Good Idea". That's how a "movement" starts.

Or as I call it, "Saturday".

Such as? I didn't read anything in the article that would suggest any such thing was crossing state lines.