Everybody's pushing fluorescent lamps these days. Finding an incandescent bulb with the desired wattage is getting increasingly difficult. For example, I was looking for a 150 watt flood lamp a few months ago--couldn't find one anywhere. The best I could find was 90 watts. I have 150 watt 3-way bulbs inside my home, for crying out loud; why can't I find 150 watt flood lamps? The Greens, the Totalitarians (i.e., Republicrats), and all sorts of morons are pushing these fluorescents, including CFLs (Compact Fluorescents Lamps). They supposedly use less energy. I haven't seen any data on the energy of production or disposal, though.
The worst thing about fluorescents, besides their inferior lighting capabilities and obscene pricing, is that they all rely upon mercury to operate. Every fluorescent bulb has a drop of mercury inside. This is actually vaporized (i.e., turned to a gas) in use. The mercury is a necessary catalyst for the technology to work. However, mercury is bad for humans, and breathing it is most assuredly a bad thing. It builds up in the body over a lifetime because the body has no way of getting rid of it. It can cause all kinds of problems, including insanity and death (e.g., "mad hatter"). It's also been linked to autism in vaccines. (What moron thought of using mercury in vaccines?)
When a fluorescent bulb breaks, its mercury vapor is released into the air. The proper response in such a situation is to immediately evacuate the area, seal it off, and hire a professional cleaning crew who can handle disposal and cleaning of hazardous materials. I heard of one family who did this and it cost them over $1000 to clean a single room from a single, broken CFL bulb. Nobody has any plans on how to dispose of millions of fluorescent bulbs with mercury. As it stands now, I'm sure it's just leeching into the water supply. 
I will not allow any fluorescent bulbs in my home, inside or out. I won't unnecessarily expose my family to mercury, if it's avoidable. I also won't kowtow to the morons who are immorally removing my freedom of choice. If incandescents are completely removed from the shelves by our retarded government, I have no problem going with alternatives, especially ones that will upset the Greens. LED lamps are outrageously expensive and not too bright. So far, the Greens have done a good job of moving us a step closer to the stone age. I may move to carbon arc lamps. I'm sure that would upset the stupid Greens. Of course, I may have to make them myself, but that's within the realm of feasibility.
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Oil lamps are another, aesthetically pleasing alternative to CFLs when incandescents are illegal. There are many kinds of oil or kerosene lamps, and there are many kinds of oils that burn very cleanly (i.e., no odor, soot, toxins). Many designs are quite safe, too, even if knocked over, as long as you don't store sheets of paper on top of them. There's something especially poetic returning to combustion for lighting--I'm sure it'll upset the very Greens who are illegally taking away Edison's bulb.