Lots of "generalizations" in the OP...I'd enjoy seeing data to corroborate some of those claims. ...
What specifically don't you agree with in the OP? Did he 'generalize'? He said that the CFLs/LEDs are good for some uses.
Your chart is exactly why I have CFLs in most of my high use sockets.
But I just did a quick count (and I know I missed some), and I have easily 30 sockets that are on for only a few minutes per week, some of those are closets and attic, almost never on.
And about 30 more that are on for minutes at a time a few times a day (hall, bathroom, some bedroom lights). If I'm really generous and say those 60 are on an average of 6M/day, that's 26 years to hit your 950 hour break even, longer than I expect to live in this house. And I'd be out $240 to fill all those sockets (now add in $9.60/year opportunity cost at 4%!).
Some of those could be served with a legal , lower eff% 'rough service' bulb (not all, in closet you might want a whiter light). But those 4x a regular bulb. That's not a lot of dollars, but it's aggravating to be mandated what I can and can't put in he sockets in my house when I've made an educated determination for myself. Doesn't the govt have better things to do?
A sI mentioned earlier, my electric bill is among the lowest in the neighborhood. And I do that with an electric clothes dryer (gas is more typical), I've got an old extra refrigerator
and an old extra freezer running, and they are of the vintage that every article says you should get rid of, and utilities may pay to take away. But they only use a few $ per month more than the new ones - or maybe less, since I don't have ice-makers attached (which are not included in the utility cost of refrigerators!). And I generally avoid 'high efficiency' appliances, as the extra cost/complexity does not make sense for me.
Rather than the govt telling me how to save energy and making me pay more for things I don't want , maybe they should pay me to show other people how to save energy?
-ERD50