Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer
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That's as much as 10% of all pumped storage capacity in Germany.
Europe’s largest battery storage project is being built in Germany
Europe’s largest battery storage project is being built in Germany
Germany is about to become home to Europe’s largest battery storage system – a massive 1 gigawatt (GW) / 4 gigawatt-hour (GWh) project in Jänschwalde, Brandenburg.
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electrek.co
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
That's as much as 10% of all pumped storage capacity in Germany.
Reposted by Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer
‘Top-tier LFP cathode materials producers mostly running at full capacity on ESS deamnd…2026 demand for ESS & EVs projected up 45% and 26%…ESS share of batteries growing - a third of total battery demand by 2030, up from around 20% last year’ and 10% prior years’
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
‘Top-tier LFP cathode materials producers mostly running at full capacity on ESS deamnd…2026 demand for ESS & EVs projected up 45% and 26%…ESS share of batteries growing - a third of total battery demand by 2030, up from around 20% last year’ and 10% prior years’
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
When it is wrong, but it's funny. The funny thing is the right thing.
I absolutely snorted out loud in an important, quiet historic reading room. And then had the giggles for 5 minutes. Fingle rows of tentaculated fuckers!
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
When it is wrong, but it's funny. The funny thing is the right thing.
Reposted by Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer
I absolutely snorted out loud in an important, quiet historic reading room. And then had the giggles for 5 minutes. Fingle rows of tentaculated fuckers!
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I absolutely snorted out loud in an important, quiet historic reading room. And then had the giggles for 5 minutes. Fingle rows of tentaculated fuckers!
We wouldn't need coal if we still had nuclear power plants running.
Yes. Of course. Germany did replace nuclear with coal.
Stop confusing the facts.
Yes. Of course. Germany did replace nuclear with coal.
Stop confusing the facts.
I often read on social media that Germany just replaced nuclear with coal.
That is evidently not the case.
Coal generation is down by more than 60% over last decade with nuclear now gone.
However, Germany could have phased out coal by now if it had kept nuclear generation going at 2011 levels.
That is evidently not the case.
Coal generation is down by more than 60% over last decade with nuclear now gone.
However, Germany could have phased out coal by now if it had kept nuclear generation going at 2011 levels.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We wouldn't need coal if we still had nuclear power plants running.
Yes. Of course. Germany did replace nuclear with coal.
Stop confusing the facts.
Yes. Of course. Germany did replace nuclear with coal.
Stop confusing the facts.
It really shows what is going on.
All the people who understand the physics are extremely pissed of by now, because all this violates thermodynamics and conservation of energy. But all they have is physics - facing millions of people with the firm belief that the fate of the world is at stake.
All the people who understand the physics are extremely pissed of by now, because all this violates thermodynamics and conservation of energy. But all they have is physics - facing millions of people with the firm belief that the fate of the world is at stake.
Once you understand that the theory of the emission of the upper atmosphere in regards to climate change doesn't take account of quantum effects that were discovered in 1905 and 1916, you can't unsee it.
After this slide he says "lets go from theory to data" ....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lApL...
After this slide he says "lets go from theory to data" ....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lApL...
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It really shows what is going on.
All the people who understand the physics are extremely pissed of by now, because all this violates thermodynamics and conservation of energy. But all they have is physics - facing millions of people with the firm belief that the fate of the world is at stake.
All the people who understand the physics are extremely pissed of by now, because all this violates thermodynamics and conservation of energy. But all they have is physics - facing millions of people with the firm belief that the fate of the world is at stake.
Once you understand that the theory of the emission of the upper atmosphere in regards to climate change doesn't take account of quantum effects that were discovered in 1905 and 1916, you can't unsee it.
After this slide he says "lets go from theory to data" ....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lApL...
After this slide he says "lets go from theory to data" ....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lApL...
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Once you understand that the theory of the emission of the upper atmosphere in regards to climate change doesn't take account of quantum effects that were discovered in 1905 and 1916, you can't unsee it.
After this slide he says "lets go from theory to data" ....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lApL...
After this slide he says "lets go from theory to data" ....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lApL...
Rahmsdorf is only just stopping short of saying "it's getting warmer because it's getting colder", but that is exactly the argument he is making here at 2:30 youtu.be/cJ1GVMWzWIE?...
Michael Oppenheimer and Stefan Rahmstorf | How Close is Climate to a Tipping Point?
YouTube video by New York Times Events
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Rahmsdorf is only just stopping short of saying "it's getting warmer because it's getting colder", but that is exactly the argument he is making here at 2:30 youtu.be/cJ1GVMWzWIE?...
I never quite understood the process of the greenhouse effect until I read this article and figured out why. (This figure doesn't show IR passing through the "atmospheric window".)
The atmosphere is a Maxwell's Demon choosing which photons to let through and which not.
pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/art...
The atmosphere is a Maxwell's Demon choosing which photons to let through and which not.
pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/art...
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I never quite understood the process of the greenhouse effect until I read this article and figured out why. (This figure doesn't show IR passing through the "atmospheric window".)
The atmosphere is a Maxwell's Demon choosing which photons to let through and which not.
pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/art...
The atmosphere is a Maxwell's Demon choosing which photons to let through and which not.
pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/art...
Instead of merely leaving this statement there as if the words themselves were the problem,it would have been a lot better to think about the problem (which is a real, albeit long solved, problem) and give that firm reason that Watson didn't see:
Convergent evolution.
Convergent evolution.
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Instead of merely leaving this statement there as if the words themselves were the problem,it would have been a lot better to think about the problem (which is a real, albeit long solved, problem) and give that firm reason that Watson didn't see:
Convergent evolution.
Convergent evolution.
Reposted by Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Reposted by Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer
Warmer water in the Arctic ocean leads to increased snowfall over Greenland. Not terribly surprising given that the last glacial maximum (the most ice on earth) also followed after the climate started to warm up. (Sea level isn't climate, folks.)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Warmer water in the Arctic ocean leads to increased snowfall over Greenland. Not terribly surprising given that the last glacial maximum (the most ice on earth) also followed after the climate started to warm up. (Sea level isn't climate, folks.)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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We often forget how far we have come: Today almost 3/4 of EU electricity generation is from non-fossil energy sources.
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We often forget how far we have come: Today almost 3/4 of EU electricity generation is from non-fossil energy sources.
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
Actually helpful, if you insist on using feet.
![Comic. PERSON 1 with white hat: How tall are you? PERSON 2: 5ft 24cm [caption] When switching to metric, make the process easier by doing it in steps.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifptvo6h6kdpf75j3i443ospzumiii7a3pblah2urjrawmyymh3ga@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Actually helpful, if you insist on using feet.
Reposted by Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer
I realize it is not the most useful piece of analysis but I feel like we don't talk enough about the plain fact that a relatively large chunk of the country has just kinda lost their minds
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I realize it is not the most useful piece of analysis but I feel like we don't talk enough about the plain fact that a relatively large chunk of the country has just kinda lost their minds
Reposted by Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer
Ukrainian intelligence intercepted a call between Russians discussing delays in assaults — about twenty troops refused combat missions and cut contact.
In Russian military slang, "500s" are soldiers who refuse to fight, desert, or disobey orders.
In Russian military slang, "500s" are soldiers who refuse to fight, desert, or disobey orders.
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ukrainian intelligence intercepted a call between Russians discussing delays in assaults — about twenty troops refused combat missions and cut contact.
In Russian military slang, "500s" are soldiers who refuse to fight, desert, or disobey orders.
In Russian military slang, "500s" are soldiers who refuse to fight, desert, or disobey orders.
When you are demanding massive changes to everybody's lives all over the world, at least you can do, the least you should do, is to base what you say on reasonably sourced data.
Otherwise, don't complain that there are climate skeptics. They have plenty to be skeptical about.
Otherwise, don't complain that there are climate skeptics. They have plenty to be skeptical about.
This is what the estimates for reconstructed temperatures of the 1850-1900 "pre-industrial" reference period look like.
In short: Nobody knows much about climate during that time.
For the sake of sanity and honesty, they should start over with a new period.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
In short: Nobody knows much about climate during that time.
For the sake of sanity and honesty, they should start over with a new period.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
When you are demanding massive changes to everybody's lives all over the world, at least you can do, the least you should do, is to base what you say on reasonably sourced data.
Otherwise, don't complain that there are climate skeptics. They have plenty to be skeptical about.
Otherwise, don't complain that there are climate skeptics. They have plenty to be skeptical about.
This is what the estimates for reconstructed temperatures of the 1850-1900 "pre-industrial" reference period look like.
In short: Nobody knows much about climate during that time.
For the sake of sanity and honesty, they should start over with a new period.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
In short: Nobody knows much about climate during that time.
For the sake of sanity and honesty, they should start over with a new period.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is what the estimates for reconstructed temperatures of the 1850-1900 "pre-industrial" reference period look like.
In short: Nobody knows much about climate during that time.
For the sake of sanity and honesty, they should start over with a new period.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
In short: Nobody knows much about climate during that time.
For the sake of sanity and honesty, they should start over with a new period.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
Es ist nicht möglich, sich mit CO2 in der Atmosphäre zu beschäftigen und nicht dessen Rolle als Treibhausgas zu sehen oder Daten von Albedo und Sonneneinstrahlung zu sehen und in der Erwärmung hauptsächlich Treibhauseffekte zu sehen.
Die Weigerung sich damit auseinander zu setzen ist tragisch.
Die Weigerung sich damit auseinander zu setzen ist tragisch.
Das wichtigste, das hierzulande nicht verstanden wird, ist:
Es braucht CO2 nicht als Argument um zu sagen, dass Kohle, Erdöl und Erdgas einfach schlecht sind. Nicht nur für die Umwelt. Nur deswegen gibt es gerade den Krieg in der Ukraine, Despoten in Russland, Arabien und anderen Ländern.
Es braucht CO2 nicht als Argument um zu sagen, dass Kohle, Erdöl und Erdgas einfach schlecht sind. Nicht nur für die Umwelt. Nur deswegen gibt es gerade den Krieg in der Ukraine, Despoten in Russland, Arabien und anderen Ländern.
Die Jahresmittel der Globalstrahlung in Deutschland stehen in einem unglaublich *grotesken* Widerspruch zum Narrativ, dass wir hier einen Klimawandel durch stärkeren Treibhauseffekt sehen.
Der Unterschied zwischen 1984 und 2018 entspräche in geschlossenen Systemen der Erwärmung um 23 Grad Celsius!
Der Unterschied zwischen 1984 und 2018 entspräche in geschlossenen Systemen der Erwärmung um 23 Grad Celsius!
November 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Es ist nicht möglich, sich mit CO2 in der Atmosphäre zu beschäftigen und nicht dessen Rolle als Treibhausgas zu sehen oder Daten von Albedo und Sonneneinstrahlung zu sehen und in der Erwärmung hauptsächlich Treibhauseffekte zu sehen.
Die Weigerung sich damit auseinander zu setzen ist tragisch.
Die Weigerung sich damit auseinander zu setzen ist tragisch.
Das wichtigste, das hierzulande nicht verstanden wird, ist:
Es braucht CO2 nicht als Argument um zu sagen, dass Kohle, Erdöl und Erdgas einfach schlecht sind. Nicht nur für die Umwelt. Nur deswegen gibt es gerade den Krieg in der Ukraine, Despoten in Russland, Arabien und anderen Ländern.
Es braucht CO2 nicht als Argument um zu sagen, dass Kohle, Erdöl und Erdgas einfach schlecht sind. Nicht nur für die Umwelt. Nur deswegen gibt es gerade den Krieg in der Ukraine, Despoten in Russland, Arabien und anderen Ländern.
Die Jahresmittel der Globalstrahlung in Deutschland stehen in einem unglaublich *grotesken* Widerspruch zum Narrativ, dass wir hier einen Klimawandel durch stärkeren Treibhauseffekt sehen.
Der Unterschied zwischen 1984 und 2018 entspräche in geschlossenen Systemen der Erwärmung um 23 Grad Celsius!
Der Unterschied zwischen 1984 und 2018 entspräche in geschlossenen Systemen der Erwärmung um 23 Grad Celsius!
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Das wichtigste, das hierzulande nicht verstanden wird, ist:
Es braucht CO2 nicht als Argument um zu sagen, dass Kohle, Erdöl und Erdgas einfach schlecht sind. Nicht nur für die Umwelt. Nur deswegen gibt es gerade den Krieg in der Ukraine, Despoten in Russland, Arabien und anderen Ländern.
Es braucht CO2 nicht als Argument um zu sagen, dass Kohle, Erdöl und Erdgas einfach schlecht sind. Nicht nur für die Umwelt. Nur deswegen gibt es gerade den Krieg in der Ukraine, Despoten in Russland, Arabien und anderen Ländern.
Die Jahresmittel der Globalstrahlung in Deutschland stehen in einem unglaublich *grotesken* Widerspruch zum Narrativ, dass wir hier einen Klimawandel durch stärkeren Treibhauseffekt sehen.
Der Unterschied zwischen 1984 und 2018 entspräche in geschlossenen Systemen der Erwärmung um 23 Grad Celsius!
Der Unterschied zwischen 1984 und 2018 entspräche in geschlossenen Systemen der Erwärmung um 23 Grad Celsius!
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Die Jahresmittel der Globalstrahlung in Deutschland stehen in einem unglaublich *grotesken* Widerspruch zum Narrativ, dass wir hier einen Klimawandel durch stärkeren Treibhauseffekt sehen.
Der Unterschied zwischen 1984 und 2018 entspräche in geschlossenen Systemen der Erwärmung um 23 Grad Celsius!
Der Unterschied zwischen 1984 und 2018 entspräche in geschlossenen Systemen der Erwärmung um 23 Grad Celsius!
I have a bad habit of sometimes answering to posts by saying stuff that the original poster obviously knew, but I can't help myself - because it's just such a fascinating topic, like the Taiping Rebellion.
I learned about it when I watched a Chinese movie, mostly because it was Chinese and had Jet Li in it, so how bad could it be? It was a weird mix of martial arts and almost modern weapons, had a christian cross in it too, that I wondered what was even going on there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War...
The Warlords - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I have a bad habit of sometimes answering to posts by saying stuff that the original poster obviously knew, but I can't help myself - because it's just such a fascinating topic, like the Taiping Rebellion.
Reposted by Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer
Thus questions were raised and the internet, even then, answered them. And suddenly I knew about a conflict bigger than WWI, in terms of casualties and it's all about a Christian sect in China that nobody ever talks about in western culture.
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Thus questions were raised and the internet, even then, answered them. And suddenly I knew about a conflict bigger than WWI, in terms of casualties and it's all about a Christian sect in China that nobody ever talks about in western culture.