garage lighting idea, CFL, incan,or 4 footers, 4 foot to cfl and comparrison of all 3 styles Options

[Tom]

So I have three 4-foot shop lights in my garage. When they all are working, the light is pretty good. However, the dern bulbs keep burning out!! I have had CFL's in my outside lights for several years and have yet to have to replace one. So, I thought, why not put CFL's in the garage? So here is what I did. I like it so far and only have two 100 watt CFL's in the fixture, with room to add two more.
Found a fixture at Goodwill for $3.99 and 4 CFL's for $1.49 for two, so a total of less than $8.00 invested and about 1 hour to modify.
First is the before pic and then the after, followed by a couple of the modification pics.
Tom

[Tom]

Al,
Thanks for the math, it strengthens my decision to go with 4 ft. fluorescents even more, although I already knew they were more energy efficient. That was the purpose of this thread, to see which was better in lighting our garages and less costly in the long run. I thought I had a simple fix, and found out different! I spent a few dollars and could see the difference in lighting and now I know what lighting I want to use!
There is no doubt in my mind which is better lighting wise in my garage, 4 foot bulbs in good fixtures ( probably T8 fixtures and bulbs) give better lighting, and they have less impact on the environment. This is by no means a recomendation for others, just an example for them to see and make up their own mind. Now I have some 23 watt small can CFL's I will need to use in another way somewhere. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
Tom