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17 Years?! GE Light Bulb Guarantees Nearly Two-Decade Life For $50

17 Years: GE Light Bulb Guarauntees Long Life For Just $50

LED bulbs are dramatically more expensive than fluorescents (bulbs in stores are usually compact fluorescents, or CFLs), partly because the technology is so new. Hoping to bring the cost of bulbs down is GE, which has announced plans to bring out an LED bulb that gives you 17 years worth of light and costs $50 per bulb.

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