Bigger and Better

Its been a busy week here at the EnergyBible.com. We did a complete overhaul of the interface for the Website including making the overall physical dimensions a lot bigger. The reason is pretty simple. The site was originally built to support browsers with screen resolutions as small as 800 x 600 pixels. However, apparently most of you have been out buying big screen monitors and it had reached the point where the number of viewers at 800 x 600 resolution was less than 1% percent. So we redesigned the EB for 1024 x 762 resolution which gives us a lot more space for our content and means a lot less scrolling for our viewers.

We've also been busy adding fresh content to our site. Look for two new articles today in our Solar Energy section. The first is about the revolutionary new capabilities in solar outdoor lighting made possible by the combination of low-cost solar panels and liquid crystal emitting diode (LED) lights. These new type of outdoor lights are far brighter than solar lights of the past and come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and designs. Solar lighting is inexpensive, friendly to the environment and incredibly flexible. Because solar lights do not require any wiring they can be placed anywhere in your yard or garden you want. In reviewing the products that are now available for this article we were impressed by the tremendous variety in designs that manufacturers have come up with. Ligths are being created in all sorts of designs from ultra-modern looking walkway lights, New Orleans styled street lamps, to garden ornaments of everything from frogs to fairies.

Another growing application of solar energy is water pumping. By combining a single solar panel with specialized direct current (DC) pumps it is possible to move a great deal of water at very little cost. These types of systems have proven to be a huge boon to many parts of the developing world in Africa, India, and Asia where electricity for operating well pumps is scare or non-existant. Solar pumps have also caught on in the U.S., particularly with ranchers who need to get well water to their cattle. The solar pumps are far cheaper than using a wind mill and require very little maintenance. Instead of having to constantly move the cattle to where the wells are they can put in more wells and use a solar pump to run them. Solar pumps are also catching on in landscaping. Because they require no wiring they can easily be put into just about any pond or stream for use as fountains or waterfalls.

Check out these new articles and the new solar products we have found. Also, let us know about other areas you would like us to research. Our goal is to make the Energy Bible the most informative renwable energy site on the Web so help us keep the public informed by sharing with us your interest and experiences. Thanks in advance!