Remember a few weeks ago, I mentionned the new Paul Gilbert Ibanez flanger stomp box AF2. This is one of those products that encases the signature sound of the artist, and in the case of Paul if you’ve had a few listens of Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar, you’ll know what I mean.
Well Ibanez have recently posted a promotional video featuring the man himself going over his expectations and his first test drive of the new pedal. A fun watch 
Well you don’t get much news for a while and all of a sudden two things happen at once. Today, thanks to the guys at Better Place relaying this type of news, two prototypes of Zero Emission fully Electric Vehicles have been unveiled. One is by Renault, the other by Nissan. Now I’m a big fan of EVs and I really hope these will quickly replace the gas guzzlers (mine included) currently clogging our roads and warming the atmosphere. However, these vehicles still need to be viable for the market as it changes so let’s see what these new models have to offer.
Yeah I know another boring environment entry but this sort of thing gets me all excited. In the last few weeks, though I suspect it’s been in the works for longer than that, it’s become apparent that the UK is showing a willingness to commit to a greener economy in terms of energy and transportation among other things.
Now this is the sort of news I like to read before I head off to sleep. Under a new scheme currently being put in place by Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, people who generate their own power through renewable methods (normally solar or wind) could be put on a scheme that allows them to get money back, thus countering claims that renewable energies are more expensive to the user than enery from fossil fuels.
I’ve only found this out today by pure chance reading the Metro (which rarely happens these days, yet I saw 2 copies today). So today is apparently Green Britain Day, an initiative in the spirit of the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games to encourage the British population to become greener together. I’d put the related YouTube video, but all it is is the God Save the Queen behind a green-hued Union Jack so nothing exciting.
Leading to this day however, is a project called Team Green Britain that encourages people to “join teams” related to one specific way one can become greener.
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