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Plant-Based Diet The cheapest, fastest, easiest way to rapid planetary cooling
Be Veg so that we have time to Go Green and Save the Planet
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Livestock: Over 50% of greenhouse emissions
Methane: An underestimated emissions time bomb
Meat, Dairy and Global Warming
Bio-fuels don’t cause starvation, meat does
A Vegetarian diet uses less water
Methane
An Underestimated Time Bomb
Cool Earth SolutionReducing Methane: the fastest way to take heat out of the atmosphere
Reducing meat & dairy consumption: the cheapest, fastest way to reduce methane
Methane being collected from a cow
“...many of us are saying if you want to make an impact soon, slow down the melting of the glaciers, slow down the rise of sea level, and so on, give us more time to deal with things, give society more time, shouldn’t you work more on methane?”
Methane Reduction: Buys us time in the fight against global warming
Source: An Interview with Dr. Kirk Smith, Professor of Global Environmental Health at UC Berkeley, Part 2http://www.suprememastertv.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=sos_video&wr_id=21&url=link2_1#v
“The mitigation of non-carbon dioxide (Non-CO2) greenhouse gas emissions can be a relatively inexpensive supplement to CO2-only mitigation strategies.”
“Methane Mitigation has the largest potential across all the Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases.”
Methane: Key To Rapid Emissions
Reductions
US Environmental Protection AgencyGlobal Mitigation of Non-CO2 Greenhouse GasesJune 2006
“Control of methane emissions turns out
to be a more powerful lever to control global
warming than would be anticipated.”
Drew Shindell, PhDAtmospheric Physicist
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Source: NASA/Goddard Report: Methane’s Impact on Climate Change May Be Twice Previous Estimates
Cooling Happens Fastest by Reducing
MethaneGlobal Warming Potential after 20 years
Global Warming Potential after 100 years
Global Warming Potential after 500 years
Atmospheric Lifetime (years in atmosphere)
CO2 1 1 1 10’s of 1000’s of years to experience cooling
Methane 68 times hotter than CO2
23 times hotter than CO2
7 times hotter than CO2
9 to 15 years to experience cooling
Nitrous Oxide
289 298 153 114 years to experience cooling
Methane: A more potent gas
over shorter periods
Source: Estimates from data in : US Environmental Protection Agency Report: Global Mitigation of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases, IPCC , UN Livestock’s Long Shadow
Methane plays a greater role in global warming as seen on the right.
Methane 23 times hotter than CO2(100 yr time period)
Methane GWP est. = 23
Methane 68 times hotter than CO2(20 yr time period)
Methane GWP est. = 68
1 billion tons of methane*
will dissipate faster than 1 billion tons of
CO2
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Carbon Dioxide Remaining
Source: UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I, Table 6.7
Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of
Human – Caused Methane Emissions Globally (37%)
Methane from Meat & Dairy = Manure + Enteric Fermentation
Sources: US Environmental Protection Agency, UN FAO
United Kingdom #1 Livestock (42%)#2 Landfill (18%)#3 Oil & Gas (17%)
United States#1 Livestock (30%)#2 Landfill (25%)#3 Oil & Gas (24%)
Germany#1 Livestock (62%)#2 Landfill (13%)#3 Oil & Gas (17%)
Being Vegan 1 day per week eliminates 1 billion tons
of methane (in CO2 equivalents with GWP of 68) *
*In CO2 equivalents over 20 years with an estimated GWP of 68
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Source: UN FAO, Livestock’s Long Shadow, IPCC
Note: Does not include emissions reductions for CO2 or Nitrous Oxide
Benefits of Being Vegan to Cool the
planet We need to act NOW to address global warming
We don’t have time to wait for long term adoption of sustainable technologies and practices.
Even if widespread adoption of sustainable solutions are adopted today, the heat from CO2 will continue for centuries.
A widespread embrace of a vegan diet requires no infrastructure build out.
Embracing a vegan diet will save money for consumers by lowering their food budgets.
It will begin cooling the planet immediately, giving us time for widespread use of CO2 reducing sustainable solutions.
Meat, Dairyand Global Warming
(other emissions)
Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Greenhouse
Gas Emissions (24%)
Emissions from all Livestock
Methane: 37%
Carbon Dioxide: 9%
Nitrous Oxide: 67%
9% from Meat, Dairy
37% from Meat, Dairy
67% from Meat, Dairy
Assumes global warming potential = 68
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization & UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I, Table 6.7
Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (24%)
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization report Livestock’s Long Shadow & IPCC Working Group 1, Table 6.7 & Our calculations using UN estimates
Assuming Methane Global Warming Potential = 23 @100 years, 68 @ 20 years
Global Warming Potential = 68Global Warming Potential = 23
The UN FAO states that the livestock industry causes 18% of global warming over a 100 year time frame. Over a shorter time period, meat and dairy are responsible for 24% of global warming due to the higher global warming potential of methane over shorter periods of time.
Assuming global warming potential = 68
Meat & Dairy: Cause 9 % of Global Carbon Dioxide
Emissions
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Deforestation and other land use change
Desertification
On farm fuel use
Fertilizer manufacture
CO2 release from cultivated soil
Source: Livestock’s Long Shadow, UN Food & Agriculture Organization, Nov. 2006Annual tons of CO2 Emissions from Livestock (millions of tons)
Stop eating Meat & Dairy to end 30% of Tropical
Rainforest Deforestation
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Deforestation and other land use change
Desertification
On farm fuel use
Fertilizer manufacture
CO2 release from cultivated soil
Source: Livestock’s Long Shadow, UN Food & Agriculture Organization, Nov. 2006
If we want to end tropical rainforest deforestation in the Amazon, stop eating
animal products.
Annual tons of CO2 Emissions from Livestock (millions of tons)
Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Nitrous Oxide (67%) Nitrous oxide is released from manure and from nitrogen fertilizers used in growing feed crops for animals.
The manure and nitrous oxide flow out of the rivers and into the ocean, where they are a significant contributor to the oceanic dead zones.
Nitrous Oxide is 296 times more potent than CO2 & dissipates in 114 years.
Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Nitrous
Oxide (67%)
Bio-fuels don’t cause starvation
Meat & Dairy do
Bio-fuels don’t cause starvationMeat does
Every 2.3 seconds, a child dies from malnutrition
The 760 million tonnes of grain fed to animals could feed 2 billion people, and could cover the global food shortage 14 times over
1 ha produces:- enough potatoes to feed 22 people- enough rice to feed 19 people- lamb to feed only 2 people- beef to feed only 1 person
800 million hungry – 1 billion obese
Sources: UNICEF, World Health Organization, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Earth Policy Institute
Bio-fuels don’t cause starvation Meat does
Sources: UN Food & Agriculture Organization, World Food Organization
2007/08 Global Grain Crop Production: 2109 million metric tons
Global hunger happens when the impoverished compete for grain with animals fed to the wealthy.
Biofuels only use 5% of global grain production.
Global Population (2007): 6.7 billion
Vegetarian Diet uses less water
than meat & dairy diets
A Vegetarian Diet uses less water than Meat
Diet Global Warming Threatens our already-dwindling water supply
Africa’s water availability in 2025 forecast to be < 50% of 1990 levels
US Southwest – Lake Mead (serving 23 million people with water) forecast to be dry by 2021.
Spain fining people €9,000 for watering flowers
Vegetarian Diet uses less Water than Meat Diet70% water usage is for agriculture;10% is used at home, and 20% by industry.
19,737 litres of water are needed to produce one pound of beef in California. This is enough to take a 7 minute shower everyday for an entire year.
Sources: Stockholm International Water Institute, University of California-Davis, UN Food & Agriculture Organization
Vegetarian Diet uses less water
than Meat Diet
An entire vegan meal uses 371 litres of water
One average serving of chicken uses 1,249 litres
One serving of beef uses 4,664 litres
Source: Water Inputs in California Food Production, University of California - Davis
WATER
Call to Action
Together we can work to make the world a better place
Invest maximum effort and resources in eliminating meat, fish & dairy: to save the environment to feed the hungry to ensure adequate water resources
By: Ending all subsidies on meat, fish, dairy and feed stocks Introducing tax on meat, fish and dairy Banning the sale of meat, fish and dairy in all government institutions Including agricultural emissions in emission reduction plans Labeling all meat, fish & dairy in supermarkets, restaurants, flights,
etc. with emission levels Informing all citizens about devastating consequences of livestock
industry & introducing the healthy and life saving vegan diet
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www.SupremeMasterTV.com
www.MeatTheFacts.org
www.EcoFoodPrint.org