Luke Menzel
@lukemenzel.bsky.social
CEO of the Energy Efficiency Council. Co-host of the Let Me Sum Up podcast, summing up fine climate and energy papers since 2022. letmesumup.net
Read both and you'll have a good steer on what it all means: Victoria has put in place a big, bold suite of policies on household electrification that will deliver for households and industry. There is an always more to do – as we have noted! – but this week's announcements are a bloody good start.
June 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Read both and you'll have a good steer on what it all means: Victoria has put in place a big, bold suite of policies on household electrification that will deliver for households and industry. There is an always more to do – as we have noted! – but this week's announcements are a bloody good start.
Shout out too to @adammorton.bsky.social in The Guardian for his noble attempt to introduce some sanity to the mainstream media coverage of these changes
Don’t believe the hype: Victorian government deserves credit for not buckling to aggressive pro-gas campaign
Australia’s most gas-reliant state takes a significant step to move households and businesses away from fossil fuels and cut energy bills
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Shout out too to @adammorton.bsky.social in The Guardian for his noble attempt to introduce some sanity to the mainstream media coverage of these changes
The analysis and policy brief are being finalised. They’ll be released over the next couple of weeks, but @jaykayes.bsky.social has been finalising this work and can provide you with the right numbers for this one.
June 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The analysis and policy brief are being finalised. They’ll be released over the next couple of weeks, but @jaykayes.bsky.social has been finalising this work and can provide you with the right numbers for this one.
Hi Andrew. Excellent question. This is not correct, we are reaching out to Renew to make sure the figures are updated (hopefully tomorrow). Savings are big but not implausibly so!
June 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Hi Andrew. Excellent question. This is not correct, we are reaching out to Renew to make sure the figures are updated (hopefully tomorrow). Savings are big but not implausibly so!
There is also a new episode up today unpacking Abundance, the pro-growth, regulation sceptical treatise tearing apart the US progressive movement (and tearing through the Albanese Government we hear). Hear us debate the merits of regulating smarter not harder here: www.letmesumup.net/abundance-a-...
Abundance: A Zippy 40 Year Ride On Procedural Liberalism’s Fast Train To Nowhere
Because three years in, we’re still not done talking about gas, climate politics, nimbyism, and... T-shirts!!!
www.letmesumup.net
June 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
There is also a new episode up today unpacking Abundance, the pro-growth, regulation sceptical treatise tearing apart the US progressive movement (and tearing through the Albanese Government we hear). Hear us debate the merits of regulating smarter not harder here: www.letmesumup.net/abundance-a-...
So yes to sequestration but not through a market mechanism? If that is a yes, how would the sequestration be achieved? Genuinely interested in what lever you would use.
June 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
So yes to sequestration but not through a market mechanism? If that is a yes, how would the sequestration be achieved? Genuinely interested in what lever you would use.
I think the reckoning on the integrity of carbon markets was overdue and much needed. And I agree we need to massively ramp up effort on onsite emissions reduction. But do you think there should be no market for carbon removals at all? 1.5 degrees requires significant sequestration…
June 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I think the reckoning on the integrity of carbon markets was overdue and much needed. And I agree we need to massively ramp up effort on onsite emissions reduction. But do you think there should be no market for carbon removals at all? 1.5 degrees requires significant sequestration…
Thanks, this is all interesting. Completely understand you are disappointed with his answers. I don't agree that the government's first term reforms are meaningless, but I do agree that we are a long way from a policy suite that would deliver an ambitious 2035 target.
May 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Thanks, this is all interesting. Completely understand you are disappointed with his answers. I don't agree that the government's first term reforms are meaningless, but I do agree that we are a long way from a policy suite that would deliver an ambitious 2035 target.
Hi Christine. Have you listened to the episode?
May 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hi Christine. Have you listened to the episode?
It was quite the episode! The only question is, have we levelled up or jumped the shark?
May 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It was quite the episode! The only question is, have we levelled up or jumped the shark?
Careful, with sort of feedback hammy American movie trailer voice may become a feature
May 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Careful, with sort of feedback hammy American movie trailer voice may become a feature