Reduced Meat Consumption Plant-Base Diet The cheapest, fastest, easiest way to rapid planetary cooling

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Reduced Meat Consumption Plant-Base Diet The
cheapest, fastest, easiest way to rapid planetary
cooling
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Table of Contents

• Livestock Over 50 of greenhouse emisisons
• Methane An under appreciated emissions time
  bomb
• Meat, Dairy and Global Warming
• Biofuels dont cause starvation, meat does
• Vegetarian diets use less water

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Livestock Emissions over 50 of Greenhouse Gases

• And I just had some information from my friends
  at the World Bank just recently, that the new
  figures now indicate, that at least half of the
  greenhouse gases that are up there now, not that
  15 or 20, at least half and maybe considerably
  more, are due to livestock production.
• Dr. T. Colin Campbell, Professor Emeritus,
  Cornell University, during an interview with
  Supreme Master Television

Source Dr. T. Colin Campbells China Study
Reducing the Risks of Disease through a Vegan
Diet, Part 3 http//www.suprememastertv.com/bbs/b
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Methane

• An Under Appreciated Time Bomb

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Cool Earth Solution

• Reducing 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
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Methane Reduction Buys us time in fight
against global warming
...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 the sea level,
and so on, give us more time to deal with things,
give us, society, more time, shouldnt you work
more on methane?
Source An Interview with Dr. Kirk Smith,
Professor of Global Environmental Health at UC
Berkeley, Part 2 http//www.suprememastertv.com/bb
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Methane Key To Rapid Emissions Reductions
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.
US Environmental Protection Agency Global
Mitigation of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases June 2006
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• Control of methane emissions turns out to be a
  more powerful lever to control global warming
  than would be anticipated.
• Drew Shindell, PhD
• Atmospheric Physicist
• NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Source NASA/Goddard Report Methanes Impact
on Climate Change May Be Twice Previous Estimates

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Cooling Happens Fastest by Reducing Methane
Global 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 10s of 1000s of years to experience cooling!
Methane 72 times hotter than CO2!!! 25 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!
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Methane A more potent gas over shorter periods
Methane 23 times hotter than CO2 (100 yr time
period)
Methane 68 times hotter than CO2 (20 yr time
period)
Methane GWP est. 68
Methane GWP est. 23
Fully accounting for methanes true global
warming potential means methane plays a greater
role in global warming, as seen on the right.
Source Estimates from data in US
Environmental Protection Agency Report Global
Mitigation of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases, IPCC , UN
Livestocks Long Shadow
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1 billion tons of methane will dissipate faster
than 1 billion tons of CO2
Carbon Dioxide Remaining
Billions of tons (CO2 Equivalents)
Methane dissipating
Source UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change Working Group I, Table 6.7
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Meat Dairy 1 Source of Human Cause
Methane Emissions Globally (37)
Methane from Meat Dairy Manure Enteric
Fermentation
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)
Sources US Environmental Protection Agency, UN
FAO
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Being Vegan 1 day per week eliminates 1 billion
tons of methane (in CO2 equivalents with GWP of
68)
Billions of tons of emissions saved per year
Note Does not include emissions reductions for
CO2 or Nitrous Oxide
In CO2 equivalents over 20 years with an
estimated GWP of 68
Source UN FAO, Livestocks Long Shadow, IPCC
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Benefits of Being Vegan to Cool the planet

• We need to act NOW to address global warming
• We dont have time to wait for widespread
  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 embrace of CO2
  reducing sustainable solutions.

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Meat, Dairy

• and Global Warming
• (other emissions)

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Meat Dairy 1 Source of all Human-Caused
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (24)
Assumes global warming potential 68

• Emissions from all Livestock
• Methane 37
• Carbon Dioxide 9
• Nitrous Oxide 67

67 from Meat, Dairy
37 from Meat, Dairy
9 from Meat, Dairy
Source UN Food and Agriculture Organization
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Working Group I, Table 6.7
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Meat Dairy 1 Source of all Human-Caused
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (24)
Assumes global warming potential 68
Global Warming Potential 68
Global Warming Potential 23
The UN FAO states 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.
Assume Methane Global Warming Potential 23 _at_100
years, 68 _at_ 20 years
Source UN Food and Agriculture Organization
report Livestocks Long Shadow IPCC Working
Group 1, Table 6.7 Our calculations using UN
estimates
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Meat Dairy Cause 9 of Global Carbon Dioxide
Emissions
CO2 release from cultivated soil
Fertilizer manufacture
On farm fuel use
Desertification
Deforestation and other land use change
Annual tons of CO2 Emissions from Livestock
(millions of tons)
Source Livestocks Long Shadow, UN Food
Agriculture Organization, Nov. 2006
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Stop eating Meat Dairy to halt 30 of Tropical
Rainforest Deforestation
If we want to halt tropical rainforest
deforestation in the Amazon, stop eating animal
products.
CO2 release from cultivated soil
Fertilizer manufacture
On farm fuel use
Desertification
Deforestation and other land use change
Annual tons of CO2 Emissions from Livestock
(millions of tons)
Source Livestocks Long Shadow, UN Food
Agriculture Organization, Nov. 2006
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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 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.

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Meat Dairy 1 Source of all Human-Caused
Nitrous Oxide (67)
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Biofuels dont cause starvation

• Meat Dairy do

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Biofuels dont 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, so could cover the
  global food shortage 14 times over
• 1 ha produces potatoes to support 22 people
• 1 ha produces rice to support 19 people
• 1 ha produces lamb to support 2 people
• 1 ha produces beef to support 1 person
• 800 million hungry 1 billion obese

Sources UNICEF, World Health Organization, UN
Food and Agriculture Organization, Earth Policy
Institute
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Biofuels dont cause starvation Meat does
2007/08 Global Grain Crop Production 2109
million metric tons
Global Population (2007) 6.7 billion
Global hunger happens when the impoverished
compete for grain with animals fed to the
wealthy. Biofuels only use 5 of global grain
production.
Sources UN Food Agriculture Organization,
World Food Organization
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Vegetarian Diets use less water

• Than meat dairy diets

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Vegetarian Diets use less water than Meat Diets

• Global Warming Threatens our already-dwindling
  water supply
• Africa water availability in 2025 forecast to be
  lt 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

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Vegetarian Diets use less Water than Meat Diets

• 70 water usage by agriculture10 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
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Vegetarian Diets use less water than Meat Diets
WATER

• An entire vegan meal uses 371 litres of water
• One average serving of chicken uses 1,249 litres
  
• One serving of beef 4,664 litres

Source Water Inputs in California Food
Production, University of California - Davis
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Call to Action

• Together we can work together to make the world a
  better place
• Invest the 25 million in eliminating meat
  dairy
• to save the environment
• to feed the hungry
• to ensure adequate water resources
• Via...
• Ending all subsidies on meat, dairy and
  feedstocks
• Providing only vegan meals on Virgin Airlines
• Tax on meat and dairy
• Ban the sale of meat and dairy in all government
  institutions
• Include agriculture emissions in emissions
  reduction plans
• Label all meat dairy in supermarkets
  restaurants with emissions levels
• Encourage all citizens to eat vegan

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