One of the reasons I wanted to study and receive my "Green" certification this last year was to help protect home buyers from "The Green Con". That is items marketed to consumers that are suposed to be "green" and yet don't alway make sense from the scientific and/or financial perspective.

Another example of "The Con" is the legislation to make incandescent bulbs illegal. Now understand I personally buy and use a lot of fluorescent bulbs including dozens of CFLs. But, I do it by choice. And I still use a couple dozen incandescent bulbs where it makes sense to do so.

I am not against CFLs, but I am absolutely opposed to legislation making incandescent bulbs illegal. Here is a video on the topic: