light question

which to use..10,000 lumins from a hps or 10,000 from several cfl which is better?.. seems the cfl if placed right would allow more of the plant to receive light, what do you think?

The way you phase that question, CFL's would probably be the way to go. But there is really more to it than that. Consider this:

1. How many watts of electricity does it take to get 10,000 lumens out of CFL's or HID's?
HID's = about 100 watts.
CFL's = about 150 watts.
So you are paying half, again, as much to power CFL's right from the get-go - THAT'S EVERY MONTH!
2. Most CFL grows (that I have seen photo's of) use really shitty reflector/hoods (or none at all), resulting in a massive loss of light - costing even more. More CFL's and even more over priced electricity to run them!

I have found that CFL's work very well in a "Micro-grow" situation, but anything bigger than about 1 square foot and HID's are really more economical, in the long run!