Latest Environment Articles
Will Energy-Saving Lightbulbs Help Fight Global Warming
By: James Nash | 11/10/2008
The European Union is imposing a ban on conventional light bulbs, replacing them with energy-saving bulbs. This article explores the cost of doing this to the tax payer and whether energy efficient lightbulbs really help in the fight against global warming.
The Vilification Of Climate Change Sceptics
By: James Nash | 11/10/2008
Scientists skeptical of climate-change theories say they are increasingly coming under attack - treatment that may make other analysts less likely to present contrarian views about global warming.
Is The Sun Causing Global Warming?
By: James Nash | 11/10/2008
A recent documentary aired on the UK's Channel 4 challenged the prevailing political understanding that global warming is caused by man-made activity. The documentary argues that it is in fact the sun that is responsible for the current changes in the Earth's temperature.
Long Valley Caldera
By: Ernie Fitzpatrick | 11/10/2008
Thee's more to be concerned about other than just hurricanes and earthquakes. History and recent temprerature increases out West should get some of our attention.
Guide To Living Off The Grid
By: Andrew Oke | 10/10/2008
Now that renewable energy is so popular many people ask me if I have a guide to living off the grid. Many people have the preconception the living off the grid is harder than it actually is.
Low Cost Wind Turbine Plans
By: Andrew Oke | 10/10/2008
Wow! Is it ever hard to find low cost wind turbine plans. A couple years ago when we went online looking for wind turbine plans we found plenty of sources of them.
Safe Drinking Water Without Chemical Additives
By: Art Stanley | 10/10/2008
This article briefly describes the UV process to disinfect your household water supply without the use of chemicals.
Ethanol As An Alternative Fuel Source
By: James Nash | 10/10/2008
Many people are looking at other fuel options, such as, for example, diesel fuel. Ethanol is another alternative fuel option that can also save you some money at the pump.
More from Jeff Smith
Designing Using Css, Cascading Style Sheet Website Designs
By: Jeff Smith | 09/04/2008 | Web Design
Many website development companies, in earlier times used simple HTML to design websites. However, when certain design needed to be changed, it became very tedious to carry out those changes across all the pages of the website. Cascading Style Sheets, also popularly known as CSS, solved this tiresome task of making changes to every web page or the HTML document.
Data Mining Tools, Understanding Data Mining
By: Jeff Smith | 09/04/2008 | Databases
Data mining basically means pulling out important information from huge volume of data. Data mining tools are used for the purposes of examining the data from various viewpoints and summarizing it into a useful database library. However, lately Data mining tools have become computer based applications in order to handle the growing amount of data. Data mining tools are also sometimes referred to as knowledge discovery tools.
Intranet Software & Intranet Applications
By: Jeff Smith | 09/04/2008 | Intra-net
It has become a trend to use intranet applications and software in organizations of all sizes. Intranet applications serve as an internal website or a portal for the employees and people associated with the organization. An intranet application or an intranet software as it may be called sometimes, basically is deployed and access through local area network.
Streaming Video - Its Impact on Websites
By: Jeff Smith | 09/04/2008 | Video
A streaming video website continuously delivers and publishes video and associated audio content on the webpage. The end user is able to view the media contents in real time without having to download the media file. Streaming video refers to the mechanism of the distribution of medium and not the media itself.
Human Resource Management Software
By: Jeff Smith | 09/04/2008 | Software
Human resource management software, as the name suggests deals and manages complete details of the employees of an organization. Companies have been using such applications on a large scale as it efficiently aids in data management of employees and various HR processes. Human resource management software is also referred to as HRMS.
Ecommerce Websites
By: Jeff Smith | 09/04/2008 | ECommerce
An ecommerce website essentially deals in online transactions for purchase and sale of products over the internet. Ecommerce is an abbreviated form for Electronic Commerce and is also sometimes referred to as eCommerce. With the advent of Internet, trades over ecommerce websites have grown significantly and so has ecommerce website development. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) governs and regulates the activities of the ecommerce websites.
.net Application Development
By: Jeff Smith | 09/04/2008 | Programming
.NET application development has simplified development and customisation of various enterprise level applications. Usually referred to as .NET framework, this product comes as a part of Microsoft's Windows Operating System. The .NET framework comes bundled with a lot of advantages, which makes it widely used tool for .NET application development.
Desktop Applications Vs. Web Applications
By: Jeff Smith | 09/04/2008 | Programming
Software application development began with desktop applications, which could be used on standalone machines only. However, with the advent of internet and online commerce, web application development gained importance. Word processors and media players can be considered to be typical desktop applications, while an online shopping cart on an ecommerce website can be considered as a web application.
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