Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer
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Going through all radiative transfer models to find hints of stimulated emission. This is probably the most blatant so far. It's using data for molecules in their electronic ground state - when they can absorb photons. But obviously don't handle excited molecules needed for stimulated emission.
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Going through all radiative transfer models to find hints of stimulated emission. This is probably the most blatant so far. It's using data for molecules in their electronic ground state - when they can absorb photons. But obviously don't handle excited molecules needed for stimulated emission.
The first time I heard about "Proof by intimidation" is was a joke like that one on xkcd.
But that's basically what the entire climate discussion has become. It's all about pressure that you either cause the end of the world or face personal or career consequences if you call out their mistakes.
But that's basically what the entire climate discussion has become. It's all about pressure that you either cause the end of the world or face personal or career consequences if you call out their mistakes.
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The first time I heard about "Proof by intimidation" is was a joke like that one on xkcd.
But that's basically what the entire climate discussion has become. It's all about pressure that you either cause the end of the world or face personal or career consequences if you call out their mistakes.
But that's basically what the entire climate discussion has become. It's all about pressure that you either cause the end of the world or face personal or career consequences if you call out their mistakes.
Stabile Internetverbindungen bei Raketenlandungen sind allerdings auch hier ein Problem.
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Stabile Internetverbindungen bei Raketenlandungen sind allerdings auch hier ein Problem.
Wie vor einem Jahr geschrieben. Das größte Problem war, überhaupt die Triebwerke der New Glenn vor der Landung neu zu zünden.
www.golem.de/news/raumfah...
www.golem.de/news/raumfah...
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Wie vor einem Jahr geschrieben. Das größte Problem war, überhaupt die Triebwerke der New Glenn vor der Landung neu zu zünden.
www.golem.de/news/raumfah...
www.golem.de/news/raumfah...
Told you. It's not that hard, if you don't do a hover-slam.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Told you. It's not that hard, if you don't do a hover-slam.
And it's an even worse story for his carbon cycle. Notice how there is no arrow going back and forth between marine sediment (the soil at the bottom of the ocean) and the deep ocean itself? He equilibrates volcanism of 100s of millions year old rock to current sediment equilibria!
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
And it's an even worse story for his carbon cycle. Notice how there is no arrow going back and forth between marine sediment (the soil at the bottom of the ocean) and the deep ocean itself? He equilibrates volcanism of 100s of millions year old rock to current sediment equilibria!
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...
And no, I'm nowhere near the first to realize or say that and many people did so much with much more extra physics and math. E.g. here (the difference between red and blue gets made up by stimulated emission - the half the blue line is re-emitted towards earth) sealevel.info/vanWijingaar...
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
And no, I'm nowhere near the first to realize or say that and many people did so much with much more extra physics and math. E.g. here (the difference between red and blue gets made up by stimulated emission - the half the blue line is re-emitted towards earth) sealevel.info/vanWijingaar...
Btw. this is the point where you should really sit straight up in your chair and realize that something fishy is going on.
When you introduce an element that can do anything to any extend without saying what the real-world limits of this thing could be, you're doing something that isn't physics.
When you introduce an element that can do anything to any extend without saying what the real-world limits of this thing could be, you're doing something that isn't physics.
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Btw. this is the point where you should really sit straight up in your chair and realize that something fishy is going on.
When you introduce an element that can do anything to any extend without saying what the real-world limits of this thing could be, you're doing something that isn't physics.
When you introduce an element that can do anything to any extend without saying what the real-world limits of this thing could be, you're doing something that isn't physics.
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.
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....
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...
Das heißt nicht, dass es nicht im Hintergrund einen Effekt durch CO2 gab - denn das Albedo wird nicht zu 100% zu Erwärmung der Erdoberfläche begetragen haben. Aber auch hier ist der Zusammenhang von Albedo und Temperatur und der beobachteten Stagnation zwischen 1998 und etwa 2010 deutlich sichtbar.
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Das heißt nicht, dass es nicht im Hintergrund einen Effekt durch CO2 gab - denn das Albedo wird nicht zu 100% zu Erwärmung der Erdoberfläche begetragen haben. Aber auch hier ist der Zusammenhang von Albedo und Temperatur und der beobachteten Stagnation zwischen 1998 und etwa 2010 deutlich sichtbar.
Übrigens macht die Abnahme der diffusen Strahlung auch klar, dass die Aerosole das Sonnenlicht hauptsächlich reflektiert und nicht absorbiert haben. Es kommt also nur ein kleiner Teil durch Erwärmung der Luft und Abstrahlung von Infrarot auf die Erdoberfläche "durch die Hintertür zurück".
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Übrigens macht die Abnahme der diffusen Strahlung auch klar, dass die Aerosole das Sonnenlicht hauptsächlich reflektiert und nicht absorbiert haben. Es kommt also nur ein kleiner Teil durch Erwärmung der Luft und Abstrahlung von Infrarot auf die Erdoberfläche "durch die Hintertür zurück".
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!
Official generation statistics are obviously well short of installed capacity, which was 100 GW at the end of 2024 (83 GW at the start of the year). So you'd expect about 110 TWh (or ~90 TWh based on 83 GW) from that in northern Germany. Statistics say 74 TWh, which is too much of a gap to explain.
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Official generation statistics are obviously well short of installed capacity, which was 100 GW at the end of 2024 (83 GW at the start of the year). So you'd expect about 110 TWh (or ~90 TWh based on 83 GW) from that in northern Germany. Statistics say 74 TWh, which is too much of a gap to explain.
Aristotle (Politics, Book I)
November 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Aristotle (Politics, Book I)
There is real instability in the climate system of the earth. But the instability is all towards the downside - not the upside -driven by albedo feedback of large-scale glaciation extending beyond the very high latitudes and deserts caused by devastating droughts during that time.
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
There is real instability in the climate system of the earth. But the instability is all towards the downside - not the upside -driven by albedo feedback of large-scale glaciation extending beyond the very high latitudes and deserts caused by devastating droughts during that time.
When you need to draw a blue line across a diagram that clearly shows a transition from equilibrium in state A to a new equilibrium in state B, the "race to the bottom" of the title is probably referring to the credibility of the authors.
nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...
nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...
October 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
When you need to draw a blue line across a diagram that clearly shows a transition from equilibrium in state A to a new equilibrium in state B, the "race to the bottom" of the title is probably referring to the credibility of the authors.
nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...
nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...
Also, you can keep most of the trouble away from the panels if they are sufficiently high above the ground. Some distance should obviously be kept, so as not to run into any posts with heavy machinery.
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Also, you can keep most of the trouble away from the panels if they are sufficiently high above the ground. Some distance should obviously be kept, so as not to run into any posts with heavy machinery.
The whole interface design is based on Iron Man - who is obviously wearing a helmet with a full face mask and that's why he has doesn't have any "facial discomfort". Just take your source material seriously.
October 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The whole interface design is based on Iron Man - who is obviously wearing a helmet with a full face mask and that's why he has doesn't have any "facial discomfort". Just take your source material seriously.
Im Paper sieht der Aufbau übrigens so aus. Ich würde aber den doppelten Abstand nehmen - sowohl, weil dann noch ein Mähdrescher durchfahren kann, als auch weil es dann im Winter weniger Abschattung gibt. EW hat auch den Nachteil (siehe Bild), dass im Sommer große Teile der Felder abgeschattet werden
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Im Paper sieht der Aufbau übrigens so aus. Ich würde aber den doppelten Abstand nehmen - sowohl, weil dann noch ein Mähdrescher durchfahren kann, als auch weil es dann im Winter weniger Abschattung gibt. EW hat auch den Nachteil (siehe Bild), dass im Sommer große Teile der Felder abgeschattet werden
Yet, whenever you hear about climate change in Germany, CO2 is almost the only thing anybody ever talks about.
We cleaned up the air, now we get more sunlight. More sunlight means higher temperatures.
It's not hard to understand and it easily accounts for the overwhelming majority of warming here.
We cleaned up the air, now we get more sunlight. More sunlight means higher temperatures.
It's not hard to understand and it easily accounts for the overwhelming majority of warming here.
October 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yet, whenever you hear about climate change in Germany, CO2 is almost the only thing anybody ever talks about.
We cleaned up the air, now we get more sunlight. More sunlight means higher temperatures.
It's not hard to understand and it easily accounts for the overwhelming majority of warming here.
We cleaned up the air, now we get more sunlight. More sunlight means higher temperatures.
It's not hard to understand and it easily accounts for the overwhelming majority of warming here.
Since Germany started cleaning up air pollution in the 1980s, the average energy of solar radiation coming from above and being absorbed by the ground (and heating it up) has risen by more than 10%!
This is all visible light and has nothing to do with CO2 or greenhouse effects.
This is all visible light and has nothing to do with CO2 or greenhouse effects.
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Since Germany started cleaning up air pollution in the 1980s, the average energy of solar radiation coming from above and being absorbed by the ground (and heating it up) has risen by more than 10%!
This is all visible light and has nothing to do with CO2 or greenhouse effects.
This is all visible light and has nothing to do with CO2 or greenhouse effects.