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| Subject | Date Asked |
| Earth's Crust for Water,Oil,Coal, Minerals Extraction | 8/27/2011 |
| Q: Earth's Crust ------------- Earth's Crust - Soil can be used effectively for Extraction of Water ... A: The information we can get from within the Earth’s crust is either derived by various densities at ... | |
| Global Warming, Arab oil, dry ice | 1/9/2011 |
| Q: What would be the dimensions of a 1 tera ton cube of dry ice? This is my rough estimate of the ... A: The density of dry ice varies between 1.4 and 1.6. 1.5 is the number usually quoted. So just ... | |
| Algae farms, CO2 and oil | 1/1/2011 |
| Q: It occurred to me that sequestering CO2 with algae farms might be a way of mitigating global ... A: There is no way of mitigating global warming except by lowering the quantity of accumulated ... | |
| Eco-friendly, saving the World | 12/7/2010 |
| Q: How to make a Eco friendly project that's easily done but can help in reducing global warming.I'm ... A: There is nothing specific you or your class mates can do that will have any effect whatever on ... | |
| Green museum | 7/18/2010 |
| Q: I live in the UK and work for my local tourist board. Because of the 2012 Olympics there will be a ... A: Stopping global warming is what I am interested in. The whole world will be a museum if we don’t ... | |
| Australian Aborigines, Global Warming, Modern World | 7/6/2010 |
| Q: When people speak about how to get rid of global warming they often speak about how we should use ... A: If you are hurt, if you break a leg by tripping over a house hold vacuum cleaner, modern ... | |
| Coral Reefs and Global Warming | 5/5/2010 |
| Q: I am putting together an article on Coral Reefs. I was wondering if you can tell me how climate ... A: Agricultural chemicals are doing the most damage to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. They ... | |
| Alternative Sustainable Energy, Nuclear | 4/20/2010 |
| Q: I want to know whether one day in the near future, will we be able to replace fossil fuels by wind ... A: Fossil fuel industries support solar and wind and the other so called sustainable or alternative ... | |
| stop the ice melting | 3/29/2010 |
| Q: Could you please answer my question? What is the solution to melting of ice? ANSWER: We do ... A: Coal is the worst, then oil and gas followed by the use of agricultural chemicals. ... | |
| stop the ice melting | 3/27/2010 |
| Q: Could you please answer my question? What is the solution to melting of ice? A: We do three things. We switch to nuclear energy and away from coal, gas and oil. We switch ... | |
| Phenology and Climate Change | 12/26/2009 |
| Q: How important is the study of phenology to climate change? Thank you.vymsy A: Phenology will be a consequence involved in climate change but it is irrelevant in halting or ... | |
| Global Warming and Teenagers | 10/18/2009 |
| Q: I am doing research for my High School Honors Science class. We were instructed to ask an expert ... A: Your generation should be concerned. You are going to have to live with the mess we are ... | |
| carbon calculator fiction | 10/15/2009 |
| Q: I've been trying to calculate my carbon footprint using this website: ... A: Don’t bother calculating your, so called “carbon foot print” It’s a total waste of time and ... | |
| Nuclear is the best | 9/29/2009 |
| Q: Can the use of nuclear energy be justified? What are the facts, stastistics & case studies regarding ... A: Can coal gas or oil be justified? No, not at all. Global warming is too dangerious. The dangers and ... | |
| Future Energy | 8/6/2009 |
| Q: I have problems with this question "Consider which resources of energy offer the greatest ... A: To end global warming we must stop using geological buried fossil carbon for industrial power. We ... | |
| Gasoline Invention | 7/17/2009 |
| Q: Will you please help me with some suggestions on how to build my invention, the NoGas Engine? I ... A: Like your last question the energy output would be so small and the energy input would be so big ... | |
| Ice Engine | 7/11/2009 |
| Q: Will you please help me with some suggestions on how to build my invention, the ICE ENGINE? Here ... A: Interesting thought. Unfortunately while the pressures you are talking about are about twice ... | |
| Carbon footprint at death | 5/26/2009 |
| Q: At death what type of preparation for the body is best for the environment. Burials use wood from ... A: The human body is about 60% water. The rest is hydrocarbons and calcium compounds along with a ... | |
| Spin on Renewable Energy Definitions | 5/26/2009 |
| Q: I have confuse on the different between renewable energy sources and perpetual energy resources. ... A: The terms are not really used in any scientific manner so they vary depending who is using ... | |
| Powering to End Greenhouse | 3/11/2009 |
| Q: I would like an expert opinion about renewable energy sources. What is the necessity to invest? ... A: We require two forms of energy to run an affluent modern industrial society. We need a power ... | |
| Solar Electricity Practicality | 3/2/2009 |
| Q: Do you know what the efficiency of the solar panel is? Do you know what time of year limit the ... A: Good solar panels are up around 12% efficiency in converting solar energy direct to electricity. ... | |
| Do What In California? | 2/4/2009 |
| Q: Are there any obstacles preventing solar power use in CA? How is solar power beneficial to our ... A: There are two forms of solar power. In one sunlight is concentrated and the heat energy is ... | |
| Refrigerator Efficiency Fictions | 1/17/2009 |
| Q: 1. I have chosen to get my electricity from "green sources." My electric company gives me the ... A: Any energy source that does not add carbon to the biosphere is as good as any other. You can ... | |
| Energy Conservation Fiction and Microwaves | 9/26/2008 |
| Q: Does cooking by microwave save energy, for many years I understood that apart from convenience you ... A: Energy conservation concepts are utter rubbish and at best will cause an infinitesimal delay in ... | |
| Pesticide, Herbicides and Fertilizers | 9/9/2008 |
| Q: Whats the effect of weedkiller's on the ecosystem? A: The greatest threat to the world’s ecosystems is global warming. Global warming and climate ... | |
| Fuel Cell Fictions | 7/19/2008 |
| Q: If all internal combustion vehicles were replaced by vehicles emitting only water, what would be the ... A: The fallacy behind the concept of fuel cell powered vehicles is the belief that hydrogen itself ... | |
| Future Energy Systems | 6/27/2008 |
| Q: Scientists claim that towards the end of the century a solution to the serious energy problem will ... A: As a clue is given to lead you to an answer that is itself badly flawed it means they are ... | |
| Future Energy Systems | 6/15/2008 |
| Q: Scientists claim that towards the end of the century a solution to the serious energy problem will ... A: The media promote the idea of “some scientists” stating that solutions for global warming will ... | |
| Hydrogen As Rocket Fuel | 5/24/2008 |
| Q: hydrogen has beenused as a rocket fuel.is it cleaner than CNG? A: It depends on how the hydrogen was originally produced. Compressed natural gas (CNG) varies ... | |
| All Electric Cars | 4/29/2008 |
| Q: assuming it's possible - If you had the opportunity to design or help guide the design of a TRUE All ... A: My overriding interest is ending global warming. So I look at your question from that point of ... | |
| Solar Energy | 4/27/2008 |
| Q: What would have to happen to make solar energy more widely used? ANSWER: Ten times the current ... A: It depends on how the solar energy, which is basically sunlight, is converted to a form usable ... | |
| Is Solar Worthwhile? | 4/21/2008 |
| Q: What would have to happen to make solar energy more widely used? A: Ten times the current cost of electricity would have to be accepted as reasonable. The only ... | |
| Our Energy Alternatives | 3/27/2008 |
| Q: What do you suggest is the best to use besides fossil fuels for vehicles? Besides coal and/or ... A: The majority of US auto producers have been twigging their engine designs for years to cater ... | |
| Our Energy Alternatives | 3/23/2008 |
| Q: What do you suggest is the best to use besides fossil fuels for vehicles? Besides coal and/or ... A: We can ignore global warming and climate change and stick with fossil fuels, or we decide that ... | |
| Rock Cycles and Water Cycles on Earth | 3/2/2008 |
| Q: What do the rock cycle and the water cycle have in common? What type of matter is being recycled and ... A: The formation of rocks, their breakdown and reformation as new rock structures are the ... | |
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Allan Yeomans
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Expertise
I maintain that it is practical and economical to end global warming and completely halt climate change. By necessarily must include the elimination of our use of fossil fuels. The science on these issues is often deliberately distorted for marketing reasons. I can answer most questions on the science and mathematics of global warming. I can answer the questions on what we must do to restore climate and weather stability.
Experience
Author of PRIORITY ONE Together We can Beat Global Warming. Published as paper-back in US and hard-cover in Australia. Agricultural consultant both in Australia and the US. Aviation meteorologist and lecturer.
Organizations
American Association for the Advancement of Science Australian Gliding Association
Publications
Various agricultural magazines and newspapers.
Education/Credentials
No degree, but post graduate work on nuclear physics and early computer designs at Dept of Physics, University of Sydney. Numerous lectures and presentations at colleges both in Australia and the US.
Awards and Honors
Several agricultural design awards at the Australian National Agricultural Field Days. Winner Queensland Gold Coast City 2001 Innovation Design Award
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