"…and on the fourth day, the Lord created the Sun and Moon." For the environmentalist that is also a budding evangelist (or vice-versa), I present to you the Solar Powered Talking-Bible. Yes, now your daily spiritual infusion can be powered by the heavens above.

From the Old Testament to the New, this talking marvel of modern technology will run for a good 14 hours on a single charge. Skip chapters at the touch of a button, pause and reflect on your favorite passages, or move back and forth in 15-second intervals.

Purchasing a solar-powered plastic device to recite the Bible might be a little extreme; especially considering the amount of energy and labor that must go into making this product. While there are benefits to reducing power consumption on some devices (ie; ipod or cell phone), I seriously question the need for alternatives such as this. To be fair, it does service those that are seeing-impaired or illiterate — and less batteries are a good thing. I just believe that such devices are the beginning of a long list of solar-junk. (The device, not the Bible.) What do you think? Is this a step in the right direction or simply another product that the world could have done without? The road to solar salvation can be purchased for $99 here!

via Treehugger