We are already starting to phase out the incandescent bulbs here.
Because of my limited space, and therefore limited number of snakes, I haven't really had to use heat lamps. I have both tanks on a table with a halogen desk lamp in between them, and I put the lamp on low when I get up in the morning, and it raises the air temp in the warm end of the tanks by about 4 degrees over room temp. I also have small heat mats in both tanks, and it seems to keep the snakes happy and warm enough.
I would think that if they get rid of the old bulbs completely, then there would be other areas where we will find the compact fluorescents to be unsuitable. I had the C.F's in my bathroom for a while, but the humidity was too high and they were shorting out, so I had to go back to good old incandescents. If the new bulbs don't handle moist areas well, then what am I going to use to light my bathroom in a few years??
