Luke Menzel

Phasing out gas connections in new homes is the right call - all electric homes are healthier, lower emissions and cheaper to run. Good on you @LilyDAmbrosioMP

Huge news this morning from @JacintaAllanMP and @LilyDAmbrosioMP – from 2026 households will be able get support for ceiling insulation upgrades through the VEU program! We went for a quick walk after the presser to unpack what this change will mean for Victorian households:

All the noise around nuclear over the last twenty-four hours reminded me of the conversation I had with Amory Lovins, arguably the world's leading energy expert and co-founder of @RockyMtnInst, when he was with us in Australia last month. Just leaving this here.

OUT NOW: LMSU unwraps the Gas Statement of Opportunities “like a pony” (?!) and grapples with whether the supply crunch is real, gas imports make sense, and demand projections need rethinking. Also: NVES update! Nordhaus redux! Billopalooza! h/t to HT! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

OUT NOW: even with mitigation there’ll be big climate risks and impacts to deal with. What’s the plan? LMSU checks in on the work-in-progress 🇦🇺 strategy. It’s got a way to go! Also: US election preview! Vulture-based philosophy! Antiprotons! @drvolts ! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

OUT NOW: the Let Me Sum Up podcast considers a paper arguing that energy transition won’t solve the crisis of overshoot, and that an emergency marketing campaign promoting degrowth and antinatalism will. Wait, what? Gape in astonishment here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

OUT NOW: Let Me Sum Up considers the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard. How’s it work? What’s it do? Can it actually start on 1/1/25? Listen and see what we thought! Also: Superpower carbon fee fever! Which Superbeing duo best describes Garnaut & Sims? podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

Calling all Summerupperers! #LetMeSumUp has launched a Patreon! Your intrepid hosts @LukeMenzel , @FrankieMuskovic and me are trying to make this passion project more sustainable. Super Summerupperers get access to exclusive episodes and more BoCo here: patreon.com/LetMeSumUp

OUT NOW: the Let Me Sum Up Holiday Special! Filled with a bounty of great papers (and one Wonky winner!), pop culture recommendations (from the highest to the lowest of brows) and perhaps the first exciting Hollywood adaptation of a political tract: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

OUT NOW: what happened at #COP28? The Let Me Sum Up podcast does its thing, with a focus on the drama around (and content of) the Global Stock Take. Featuring special guest and COP28 icon Little Baby Muskovic! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

@Bowenchris and I were here at the final plenary at COP28. This week, we’ve worked with countries across the world towards an outcome which ensures our global future is in renewable energy, and we are accelerating our path to net zero.

OUT NOW: a very special Let Me Sum Up episode straight from #COP28 . What’s up in the negotiations? Is the Triple Double with Phase Out an agenda item or a coffee order? Featuring incredible guest @DrSimEvans , and a few coos from The Littlest Delegate podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

OUT NOW: LMSU has a nice, quiet, nuanced, uncontroversial discussion of nuclear electricity generation’s prospects in Australia, covering a recent @BlueprintInsti1 report. We solve it all, everyone can relax podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

OUT NOW: residual emissions are what’s left when we’ve reduced everything else. But really, what are they? How big will they be? Are they forever or a stepping stone? A new(ish) paper trawls 51 national Long Term Strategies to see what countries think. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

OUT NOW: Contracts for Difference are a popular tool to grow clean energy. But a new paper argues CFD cost recovery puts the biggest burden on those least able to pay. LMSU inquires!🔍⚖️ Also: massive legal speculation about EV tax decision fallout. 🔌💰 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

@TennantReed Cats puking everywhere is natures way of telling you it is *time* to join the webinar TR

My cats evidently have access to my calendar, but misread “time to join webinar” as “time to start puking everywhere”. Still impressive

OUT NOW: Biden vs BCA (no, not that one) The US Government is changing how it does Benefit Cost Analysis, with big potential impacts on climate policy and much else. We sum up a new paper by @ZLiscow & @CassSunstein and wonder: should 🇦🇺 follow suit? podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

Our next free webinar runs on Monday, 16 October with international experts from Australia & Germany's energy efficiency sectors. See the future of Germany's industrial #energyefficiency policies and discuss how Australia can learn from them. bit.ly/3Q1s5pV

OUT NOW on LMSU: can detailed stories form a better basis for investor-relevant climate scenarios than abstract economic models? One plucky research team (and plucky superfund mega-alliance) think so! Plus The Great British Backslide, neoNEO & SimDwarves! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/let…

@janrosenow I'll get right on that!

Hey @LukeMenzel this guy is based in Australia and a thermodynamics expert. Next time you need someone to present about heat pumps you should get him on the stage.

When the response to a post confirms the post. @jbs2250 is your expert for all things to do with thermodynamics. I’m sure many of you will ask for his counsel.

@tristo138 @alison_reeve @TennantReed I trust you didn’t wet your DACCS

<crying with laughter on the morning dog walk> Random park friend: "what are you listening to? Me: "oh just a climate and energy podcast where they talk about recent reports" Random park friend: 😮😮😮? Me: 😂😂😂 Well done @LukeMenzel @alison_reeve @TennantReed