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Your intrepid hosts still have the Need for Speed(y decarbonisation of vehicles) and clocked the New (and improved?) Vehicle Efficiency Standard completed its warm up lap and with industry all signed up now and cheering from the sidelines, it’s go time and we’ll soon find out if the Parliament believes two electric popemobiles will balance out a stretch hummer after all! We revisit our previous episode on the NVES and discuss the changes. Was the original B and ambit claim? Were 4WDs always going to end up switching categories? That may be but we reckon this is still more of a vroom vroom than a putt putt and it will drive a lot of change in new fleets by 2030!

Our main paper

This week we enter the twilight zone that is the Gas Statement of Opportunties 2024, more affectionately known by regular customers as the GSOO. In this 2024 edition where new supplies of gas are the ONLY solutions contemplated to forecast shortages towards the end of the decade, your intrepid hosts had some *cough* thoughts about the role of *cough* demand side policy maybe being a thing and also it would be nice if any of the scenarios used were actually aligned to meeting our climate commitments. HOOEEEE we had fun beating this pinata full of charts and magic gas ships!

One more things

Tennant’s One More Thing is a new paper from our old friend William Nordhaus, updating the widely beloved DICE Integrated Assessment Model with less wildly erroneous inputs and incrementally more functional representations of the world!

Frankie’s One More Thing is a reflection on the climate legislation PALOOZA going on in Parliament with three bills introduced for vehicle efficiency standards, Climate Related Financial Disclosures and setting up the Net Zero Economy Authority. And wouldn’t you all like to know what we thought of that! Look no further than our Patreon where we’ve just dropped a BoCo episode on just that! 

Luke’s One More Thing is a big salute to colleague and friend of the pod, Holly Taylor, the Energy Efficiency Council’s outgoing Head of Partnerships and Strategy. Oft described as energy efficiency’s Hype Woman, Holly’s impact and infectious enthusiasm will be much missed! If YOU dear Summerupperer are contemplating a career shift and fancy a purpose-driven stint as the EEC’s new Head of Partnerships, have a look here for all the deets to apply!

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