Recently i have noted that many HPS posttop lanterns in Nesher city, that had 70W internal ignitor HPS before, had downgraded (By retrofitting) with 827 color, energy saving CFLs, despite HPS lamps are much more efficient, shines much brighter and have longer life.
In the same city, near Tel-Hanan center and Hataasia st., i saw several Philips Triangels/Ben-Hur Andor Angle Triangle clone lanterns, that had flea market 865 color energy saving helical CFLs instead of HID lamps.
These aren't the only cases that i encountered, where an HID lamps were replaced by an energy saving CFL lamps.
In Ein-Gev, All of the polycarbonate white mercury globes with 125W MV lamps were replaced by Ben-Hur transparent plastic globes with flea market (MATCH) high wattage (45W), 865 color helical CFLs
(See here) . This degraded the lumen output
(See here) , while rised the glare of the lanterns .
In the center of Stella Maris neighborhood in Haifa, most of the 125W MV lamps in the white globes there, replaced by flea market 865 color CFLs.
Almost all of the PL fixtures for homes was disappeared from the "Do it yourself" and lighting stores and replaced by fixtures for E27 CFLs.
All of the PL desk lamps discontinued and replaced by E27 desk lamps for CFLs.
In short terms: The israeli people don't know which type of lamp should be replaced to CFL to really get an energy saving (Incandescent) and often replaces more efficient solutions (HID, PL) with energy saving CFLs.
