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Page 1: 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

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

Susan G Barney
I think we want to specify that this slide deck is from individual members of SMCHIA rather than the SMCHIA.
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Table of Contents `

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

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Methane

An Underestimated Time Bomb

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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

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“...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

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“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

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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, PhDAtmospheric Physicist

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Source: NASA/Goddard Report: Methane’s Impact on Climate Change May Be Twice Previous Estimates

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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

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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

Susan G Barney
I would put above the "100 year global warming potential" and above "20 year global warming potental" I would write "Global Greenhouse Gases" so that people know what this is. I would also take out the semi colon on the chart.. the "methane; 15%" etc and just have "Methane 15%"
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1 billion tons of methane*

will dissipate faster than 1 billion tons of

CO2

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Source: UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I, Table 6.7

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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%)

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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

Susan G Barney
Note the global warming potential here is 68. In truth the global warming potential of methane at 20 years is 62 to 72. I used 68 here because then only going vegan one day per week would result in 1 billion tons of emissions reductions from the methane alone. However I can't change the pie charts from earlier because they are no longer charts but pictures. So they need to be adjusted to use 68 times to be consistant.
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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.

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Meat, Dairyand Global Warming

(other emissions)

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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

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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

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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)

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Stop eating Meat & Dairy to end 30% of Tropical

Rainforest Deforestation

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90

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0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

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)

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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 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.

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Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Nitrous

Oxide (67%)

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Bio-fuels don’t cause starvation

Meat & Dairy do

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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

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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

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Vegetarian Diet uses less water

than meat & dairy diets

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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

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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

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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

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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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For more information, please see:

www.SupremeMasterTV.com

www.MeatTheFacts.org

www.EcoFoodPrint.org