Ok, but it's cheaper to run CFL's with built in ballasts than in is to run normal bulbs.

If you want a little, a little you will get with a normal bulb. It will take at least three times as long as normal to grow a pot plant and get maybe 1g. You're looking at 9months to produce 1-3g's? Come on, that's just lame.

With CFL's not only is it cheaper on electricity than normal bulbs, you can produce 5-15g's in 2-4months. Think about it.