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About Allan Yeomans
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Expertise
All aspects except details on specific or local areas. No questions labeled "private" will be answered.auclear

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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In Category  Global warming/Climate Change

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The next 100 years11/6/2009
  Q: iam a teacher of languge frensh what the future of globe after 100years
  A: I have answered your question to somebody else. However as a teacher I would suggest you go to ...
Human death toll, one hundred years.11/6/2009
  Q: what the future of globe after 100 years
  A: A few billion people will die because of global warming. There is a good chance that you will be ...
Home Power Generation??10/3/2009
  Q: Do you think houses should generate their own energy and possibly return excess energy back to the ...
  A: The whole concept is ridiculously. There is no way we can generate power in our homes that is in ...
Big Dollars Big Oil8/6/2009
  Q: I have problems with this question "Discuss the alleged causes and possible consequences of 'the ...
  A: The question you are being instructed to answer could well have been written by an oil company ...
The Cap and Trade Fiction6/2/2009
  Q: How will the carbon trading scheme help to reduce carbon emissions?
  A: A wonderful question for it’s not intended to reduce emissions. Cap and trade pretends to ...
Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide6/1/2009
  Q: I am confused. I have read in many places that CO2 is non-toxic and not a pollutant. Cars and ...
  A: Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, from using fossil carbon as fuel, is causing the Earth’s ...
UK Weather Forcasts5/26/2009
  Q: when there is very less rainfall in an area or country what the system is called. i mean what is the ...
  A: If an area is experiencing a period with considerable less rain fall than normal it’s called a ...
Emissions, Country Caculations5/23/2009
  Q: How is global CO2 annual emission calculated?
  A: It’s calculates by taking the quantity of fossil fuels burned for energy, that’s power and ...
Tibetan Plateau5/9/2009
  Q: What is the reason of snow cover over tibet?
  A: It's covered in snow because it's high and therefore the temperature is below freezing. Look it up ...
Wind Turbines, Hot Air and Sunshine3/27/2009
  Q: Do you agree with James Lovelock that wind turbines are a complete waste of time in addressing ...
  A: Unlike just about everybody else I maintain we can totally end global warming. Twenty years ago, in ...
Is It Too Late?3/14/2009
  Q: Is it too late to save our planet? I am so scared and depressed over this subject.
  A: Me to. But no it’s not too late. It does mean we have to put the oil, coal, gas and ...
Flatulent Fictions3/9/2009
  Q: I was referred from Discovery Channel to ask..In response to Myth Busters Quiz Website..Go Green ...
  A: Methane gas from the anus of all animals, often described as flatulents, contains a high ...
Fifteen Questions on Global Warming3/3/2009
  Q: Yeomans, I am a middle school student and am researching the theory of global warming. I have 15 ...
  A: First understand, global warming is not a theory, that is unless you want to sell coal and petroleum ...
Global warming project3/2/2009
  Q: I am really fascinated in Global warming. At my school I am in the advanced program, and we have a ...
  A: I did try to contact you through the system but apparently you never got that message. ...
Unpredictable Arctic Weather2/22/2009
  Q: I am 9 years old and doing a project on Arctic Animals. I am concerned how global warming is ...
  A: Most of the Arctic and Antarctic animals will die as a result of global warming. They just ...
Biomass Sustainability2/22/2009
  Q: Can you tell me whether using biomass energy is sustainable and why?
  A: Biomass is simply plant material effectively made of sunshine, atmospheric CO2 and water. And ...
Global Warming and Earth’s Orbit2/11/2009
  Q: Does global warming and the green house effect cause any problems with the Earth's orbit??? Could ...
  A: No, global warming would have no measurable effect on the Earth’s orbit as far as life on Earth ...
Predicting Sea Level Rises1/31/2009
  Q: In your expert opinion, approximately how long will it take for all of the polar ice caps to melt ...
  A: If anybody says they know, they’re lieing. We can stop it happening now but in a few years it ...
Why So many Skeptics?1/30/2009
  Q: Why are there such a large number of climate change skeptics on the Internet?
  A: I’m not sure. It is probably a combination of things. Firstly, there is absolutely no real ...
Creating Fictions1/29/2009
  Q: What is the increase in yield due to availability of additional CO2 to corn? And, what do you make ...
  A: Tests are usually done in laboratory atmospheres with CO2 levels at least double and sometimes ...
Deliberate Confusion?1/22/2009
  Q: I am confused. I am in tourism business and have always believed in this problem. A friend who ...
  A: The problem is worse than you are ever allowed to imagine. To end global warming and ...
Jet Transport Confusions1/7/2009
  Q: Is it true that jet emissions are more damaging than car emissions? If so is it because of the low ...
  A: No. Both engines burn petroleum and produce up near three times there un-burnt weight in ...
Carbon credit for wind up watches12/21/2008
  Q: how many carbon credits can one earn by saving ONE 1.5 V zinc-carbon cell/battery? The question is ...
  A: You would not earn any carbon credits. There is no provision anywhere for carbon credits to ...
Noise Pollution12/16/2008
  Q: Is noise pollution a cause of global warming?
  A: Not at all. The noises humans make is minute in comparison to the noises made by natural ...
Trees, Burning or Rotting?12/3/2008
  Q: does a pile of dead, decomposing wood eventually emit the same amount od CO2 as the same pile being ...
  A: Letting timber rot on the ground is a lot worse than burning it. In the rotting and decomposing ...
What Is Global Warming11/9/2008
  Q: What is global warming?
  A: The temperature of the Earth’s biosphere is controlled by the amount of sunlight energy absorbed ...
Fix It, Or Live With It11/8/2008
  Q: How can we reduce the effects of global warming?
  A: That’s like reducing the effects of being stabbed. It’s better to avoid the stabbing in the ...
No Disadvantages to Sugarcane11/5/2008
  Q: Are there ANY potential disadvantages from sugar cane ethanol? Whether it be from the actual product ...
  A: Many do argue that oil is better, but who pays their wages? You have to make that decision. ...
No Disadvantages to Sugarcane11/5/2008
  Q: Are there ANY potential disadvantages from sugar cane ethanol? Whether it be from the actual product ...
  A: There are no disadvantages. We have to stop global warming and it utterly impossible without ...
Rain, Landslides and Slips11/1/2008
  Q: but how does landslides occur because of global warming?
  A: Increased rain fall intensity is a major factor. Global warming warms the surface water of the ...
Carbon Dioxide Into Soil, Easy10/29/2008
  Q: when plant and animals die,what happes to the carborn
  A: All dead materials decompose to for carbon dioxide or methane and go back into the air. That’s ...
Nepal Snow Melting10/21/2008
  Q: I have a curiosity about global warming.It is fact that the snow on high mountains are melting due ...
  A: You can get flash flooding in mountainous country but it’s a very short term thing. The country ...
Orchestrated Doubts on Global Warming10/12/2008
  Q: I was doing some research into the evidence for and against global warming, and was wondering what ...
  A: To totally stop global warming the fossil fuel industries have to go. They don’t intend that to ...
Changes in Earth's Orbit10/6/2008
  Q: With all of the raw materials that have been taken out of the earth, some for a few hundred ...
  A: No mass is removed from the Earth itself, unless you count sending missions to Mars. Human ...
Hurricanes, Tornados, Typhoons and Burning Oil9/9/2008
  Q: Why is global warming attributed only to the release of carbon dioxide? Published figures for oil ...
  A: Sorry but the estimates or “published figures” are wrong. Those figures for the heating ...
Totally Solving Climate Change!8/20/2008
  Q: how do protect our world from global warming? what are the main reasons for pollution in soil,water ...
  A: It's easy. We simply stop using fossil fuel, that’s coal, oil and gas to power our society. That ...
Global Warming, Train or Plane?8/18/2008
  Q: My question is : What would be the way to travel from southern France to Denmark (around 2500km)the ...
  A: Is heroin better as a tablet or an injection? Either way it’s bad for you, or the planet. The ...
Keeping The Blinkers On For Global Warming8/15/2008
  Q: Allan, Is there such a group, or a non profit organization, or others, who is allowing the ...
  A: To halt global warming we simply cease mining buried carbon and dumping it in the atmosphere ...
New Fresh Water Availability8/11/2008
  Q: Is the water system for earth a closed system. Does the same rain fall, gather in rivers, flow to ...
  A: In the time frame of human existence that’s about 100,000 years, yes you are right, the ...
Objects in the sun7/7/2008
  Q: What is the maximum temperature that the Sun could heat an object on the earth?
  A: As an object exposed to the sun rises in temperature it increases its own radiation heat. In ...
Terra Preta and Landfills.7/6/2008
  Q: "Due to the increases of the amounts of landfill in our environment, are there something that we ...
  A: Most of the major cities in Europe and the Middle East are built on what amounts to the land ...
Night and Day CO2 Levels6/24/2008
  Q: . Why are CO2 levels in the atmosphere higher during the day than during the night?
  A: Tropical rainforests during the day absorb atmospheric CO2 and emit oxygen. During the night ...
Carbon Credits and Rickshaws6/13/2008
  Q: i would like to know about carbon credits,specifically: 1.what are carbon credits? 2.how are they ...
  A: Carbon credits are currently being traded at between one dollar US and two dollars US per ton ...
Impacts of Global Warming6/12/2008
  Q: what impact does global warming have on humans, wildlife, and the environment? give at least two ...
  A: The major effect of global warming is that it alters the temperature gradients in the ...
Predicting Sea Levels5/24/2008
  Q: Can you tell me please the estimated number of people who will be displaced as a result of rising ...
  A: There will be millions. Just how many is anybody’s guess. The numbers are always minimized ...
Ice and Earth's Rotation5/19/2008
  Q: how will the ice melt affect the rotation of the earth arctic ice weight on top of world ...
  A: Imagine the world as a spinning steel ball eight inches in diameter. One thousandths of an inch ...
Sea Levels or Weather, Worst?5/14/2008
  Q: Sir, The temperature is increasing every year, What is the average temperature that can melt all ...
  A: Some ice formations are thousands of feet thick. They won’t vanish even in a thousand year. ...
Are Hybrid Cars Useful4/28/2008
  Q: I just wanted to know a little about global warming and the basic facts. thank you for your time.
  A: A small quantity of greenhouse gases in the air traps some sunlight energy in the lower levels ...
Foggy Breath4/27/2008
  Q: since the smoking ban came into force,ive been having to spend quite a bit of time outside,,i ...
  A: This is not a global warming issue and I personally am all about ending global warming. See my ...
Speed Limits and Global Warming4/23/2008
  Q: Someone told me that lowering the speed limit to 55 m.p.h. like they did in the seventies (in the ...
  A: Ending global warming means switching to biofuels. And ending global warming and halting climate ...
Interglacial Periods and Global Warming4/6/2008
  Q: The earth has experienced global warming in the past, when humans were not on the earth. What caused ...
  A: The Earth goes through ice ages and interglacial periods about every 100,000 years. This is the ...
Ozone Atmospherics Effects4/2/2008
  Q: how does ozone affect any ecosystem?
  A: Ozone is three atoms of oxygen combined to form a single molecule. It is moderately unstable ...
CO2 Emissions From Breathing3/27/2008
  Q: How much CO2 does an average human being produce, in g/km - at rest (g/hour, then) - walking - ...
  A: Everybody will have a different personal production rate of carbon dioxide and it will vary ...
Other Sea Level Effects3/25/2008
  Q: Not withstanding the melting of 'land based' ice masses raising the global sea level. How have other ...
  A: Those effects, shipping, waste disposal etc. into oceans - the rises would be measured in ...
Pessimism or Hope3/20/2008
  Q: First and foremost I have read your previous answers and basically I agree with your ideas. Using ...
  A: Pessimism or Hope Promoting disinformation, confusion, doubt and creeping inevitability are the ...
Kuwait and Global Warming2/13/2008
  Q: what changes in KUWAIT will happen in effect with climate change and global warming? will kuwait ...
  A: Kuwait is in the latitudes where deserts are common. This won’t change. It will stay dry. ...
Global warming1/28/2008
  Q: Has the large increase in hydrocarbon use since about 1940 increased the slope of the global ...
  A: The global warming and the rate of increase in world temperatures the world is now experiencing ...
Differential sea level rises1/26/2008
  Q: Instead of the water from melted ice sheets flooding the continants would not the spinning effect of ...
  A: Water levels rises will be almost identical everywhere. The upper mantle of the Earth is ...
Other planet's atmospheres1/19/2008
  Q: I have recently seen a program on extrasolar worlds that could be completely covered with liquid ...
  A: That had to be a fictional program you saw because the physics it was telling you is just plain ...
world ecosystem collapse1/14/2008
  Q: i am a student doing a paper on the possible event of total collapse of our ecosystem. I was hoping ...
  A: It is the greatest problem humanity now faces, and it is actually solvable at negligible cost. ...
fish and global warming1/14/2008
  Q: Are fish effected by Global Warming and Climate Change if so how and why?
  A: Yes fish are effected by global warming. Just about every living thing on the planet is being, or ...
Global Warming1/8/2008
  Q: Yeoman, My name is Molly. I'm in 4th grade and I am doing a project on global warming. I have ...
  A: ...It is actually easy to stop global warming. But it can't be done if we insist that the oil ...
Co2 reduction12/30/2007
  Q: I have invented a gadget to reduce Co2 emmission. Please give me Contact addresses for getting ...
  A: First call you patent attorney if you gadget to end global warming is as good as you believe. ...
frozen mamoths12/27/2007
  Q: how did the mamoths get frozen so quickly, with flowers and food still in their mouths. could it ...
  A: The dinosaurs died out some sixty-five million years ago, probably because of the meteor impact on ...
earth rotation12/24/2007
  Q: How heavy is the ice at the poles . when or if it melts how will the weight distrubition affect thr ...
  A: Calculated expected sea level sea level rises resulting from the now constant melting of polar ...
Ozone layer deletion11/28/2007
  Q: We are a group of Syrian teachers in World Links organization . We are designing a student ...
  A: My interest is eliminating global warming. I see ozone as a red herring in this effort. The ...
global warming man!!!11/21/2007
  Q: HEY WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING? WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING TO STOP IT? WHAT WILL IT DO IN THE FUTURE? WILL ...
  A: Your question seems a little frivolous however but I'll do the best I can for you. If you don't ...
Energy and Environment11/20/2007
  Q: As Chaiman of an international NGO "SYLVA-WORLD for Development and the Protection of Forests and ...
  A: The concept that the environment should be protected must be an absolute for human survival. ...
global warming in middle east11/14/2007
  Q: Did you think that this issue will affect the middle east area in the next 10 years?
  A: Global warming has to end. And ending global warming is easy and economical. Those two things have ...
global warming, 2 opinions?11/13/2007
  Q: ive got some friends that say that global warming is an economic conspiracy planted by the ...
  A: It is essential for the fossil fuel interests to cast as much doubt and confusion as possible on ...
Ice, Platonic balance?11/11/2007
  Q: can you tell me if the ice of Greenland and that of the Antarctic serve as any kind of platonic ...
  A: The material in tectonic plates is lighter than the underlying magna and so the continents float on, ...
global warming, 2 opinions?11/8/2007
  Q: ive got some friends that say that global warming is an economic conspiracy planted by the ...
  A: {Sorry Sarah for the delay in responding. I have been interstate lecturing on these issues} . The ...
Global Warming10/23/2007
  Q: Approximately 10 million gallons of oil were lost in Kuwait a day. Most of which was burned off into ...
  A: Ten million gallons a day is peanuts compared to the three billion gallons the world burns in total ...
Heat of sun rays per m2 on land10/22/2007
  Q: I'm currently researching solar ovens, and need to know what heat does the sun provide on a m2 in ...
  A: In space the heat from the sun, at our distance from the sun, is about 1200 watts per square metre. ...
Global warming10/15/2007
  Q: Also would like any pictures you would have of ice caps or glaciers that show a change. Anything ...
  A: I suggest you go to my web site www.yeomansconcepts.com.au. The many issues on global warming and ...
global warming9/26/2007
  Q: could u tell me what the goverment is trying to stop global warming and are they trying to save the ...
  A: It is very easy, and effectively cost free, to end global warming and climate change and bring world ...
global warming9/20/2007
  Q: How does nature regulate Greenhouse gases?
  A: A complete answer to this would make a book. Nature doesn't ”regulate" anything. A natural system ...

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