Yes Terry. See my other posts making mention of this.
Apparently, pearlised types were the first to be phased out,
because they consume more energy to make than clear ones.
Oh brother ! And I suppose that CFLs, with their hundreds of
manufacturing processes, don't ... ?

What about simple selfishness on the part of the consumer?

Suppose a 100W-equivalent CFL that draws 25W lasts only 1000 hours. In that
time you save 75kWh. At 10 cents per kWh, that's $7.50 -- three times the
cost of the bulb.