I'll bet the majority of people don't know anything about this. You would think there would be some kind of ad campaign or something to make sure everyone knew about the change, like when they changed over to DTV, but alas, there is nothing. No TV, newspaper, or radio ads....zilch! Kind of sneaky isn't it? It's funny too, for something they made a really big deal about they sure aren't promoting it much at all. Typical political nonsense.

Since you are in Kalifornia, do you know anyone who still use incandescents? Last time I was up north I saw almost endless rows of cfls in lit up porch lights. Maybe not as bad as Quebec tho.

We had in Israel, a campaign to cause people to move to CFLs.
In this campign, there was a massive marketing everywere, of a helical energy saving CFL lamp called both TEVA and HY Amalgam, which was manufactured by a factory in China for Semicom Lexis LTD, Israel, under the Hyundai brandname.
These CFLs are marketed as a liquid mercury free lamps that have an amalgam (That should be reach 100degC or 212degF in order to begin releasing the mercury vapour) and so as an environmently friendlier products, and despite this, these lamps have no run-up time and comes up to full brightness as soon as they're ignited.
I think that these lamps have two amalgams: the main one in a cold spot and a run-up one that placed on the electrodes, so the mercury vaporizes and releases in less then the time requires for a tungsten filament to warm up.
Here is my video of one of these CFLs switching on .

Yeah, Quebec is at least 60% converted to CFL, thanks to the stupid intensive Hydro-Quebec promotion of CFLs. They include with the monthly bill a little document promoting CFLs and other energy-saving products, EVERY MONTH!

I've heard several stories of people who replaced all their incandescents by CFLs. I guess they've been convinced with that "Hydro-Contact" promotion document... Maybe I should scan a page of one to show you guys LOL.

At least 60% CFL that's crazy! Did you know that British Columbia also started banning 75w and 100w bulbs as of this year? Unlike California, I read that BC will only allow CFLs as replacements unless the article is wrong. The Halogen Supersavers you see at the top of the pic will be allowed here. I think in California the average is about 75% incandescent/halogen and 25% CFL.

Crazy, you said it! Even me who grew up at the tail end of the incandescent era, I believe it when I hear adoption rates of 60 or 70%. I look at fixtures all the time, and where I expect to find an incandescent lamp, there's a CFL! And that does happen 6 times out of 10!

I'd be curious to see that article. I don't really trust what media says, they're good for creating false scandals... Maybe it's me, but it looks like California's got a new competitor

I see in this picture A shaped energy saving halogen lamps from American Sylvania.
I don't noted that American Sylvania finally abandonded the BT shape in favor of the A shape, since Philips NA still jamming with their old Halogenas with the BT shape, and GE still produces similar BT shaped halogen lamps.

Here in Ontario incandescents will be banned in 2012 but for now we still have all wattages

Any word if halogen energy savers will be allowed in Ontario like these Sylvania Supersavers at the top in this photo?

Halogen will not be banned at all to my knowledge, and neither will any thing else

UPDATE: The 100w Reveals have now been restocked. I notice the incandescent shelves are empty in the back while the CfLs are well stocked all the way to the back. Clearly more people still buy incandescents.

bulk purching of incandescent lamps is more common is the EU. In Israel more then half of the homes have CFLs, and the selling of these energy saving lamps surpassed that of the incandescent.
In many houses, incandescents were completely abandond in favor of CFLs and fluorescnets (Such as in my current father home, in which only in his bathroom he have 2 tungsten filament lamps, but they are actually mains voltage halogen capsules and not incandescent lamps).

it seems around here the adoption fate of CFLs is about 70% i see them everywhere, and they seem to sell more then incandescent, most stores have a better cfl selection then incandescent!

Another update: 100w incandescents are getting hard to find here. Looks like people have been making runs on them. The store where I bought the new 2011 GE 100w Reveals have since sold all of them out, in one week after I was there! Home Depot and Lowes still have plenty of 100w bulbs but the time is coming.

@Alights, that high in Michigan? We have lots of CFLs here too, they just haven't exceeded incandescents in popularity yet. I notice supermarkets in Florida seem to have way less shelf space for incandescents than the stores out here.

Dave didn't you tell me Texas was Exempt?

@Form109 yep they just passed the law a few weeks ago!

My Name is Devonte.

Ok its my habit to sometimes call people by their screen names lol. Plus i think its easier to just refer to your screen name here so everyone will know who I am speaking to.

Lowes still has some 100w bulbs but they increased the price on these and they are kinda on clearance.

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