...I am also aware that in the next couple of years, incandescent bulbs are going to be phased out...
I'm not looking forward to it either!
Hopefully LEDs will be more price competitive and/or they'll be more alternatives to the current CFLs. Otherwise I'll be stocking up on incandescent bulbs.
Most CFLs are environmental time bombs!
They contain dangerous quantities of mercury and not enough information is being presented to the public on the hazards and the procedures for safe disposal and clean up. Cost for disposal will eventually trickle down and be included in cost of the bulb. - Maybe we should require deposits on them like they use to do for the glass soft drink bottles. Another idea might be to charge a disposal tax.
If that weren't enough, I hate the light balance they provide over their lifetime and the fact most can't be dimmed.
A video, http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=2219150&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/index.html (http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=2219150&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/index.html)
An interesting article, http://michellemalkin.com/2007/12/19/incandescent-stupidity-washington-outlaws-100-watt-lightbulbs/ (http://michellemalkin.com/2007/12/19/incandescent-stupidity-washington-outlaws-100-watt-lightbulbs/).
Also read about a ¼ down the page at this link, http://gulf-coast-hurricanes.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-on-dangers-of-cfl-bulbs.html (http://gulf-coast-hurricanes.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-on-dangers-of-cfl-bulbs.html).