Hi Fledgling, if you can't get incandescent bulbs, go for LED, there has been a lot of advancement in LED lighting, and it is even more energy efficient than CFL's. They cost more initially, but last for many years.
Mercury contamination in our environment and ourselves, is a huge problem, one which people like to ignore.
The coal industry rarely mentions the amount of mercury it puts into the environment daily. People think that energy from coal is cheap, but people will be paying a very high price indeed, and the price is not in dollars, but in their own health, and the health of their children, and every living thing on this planet.