1. Plant-Base Diet The cheapest, fastest, easiest way to rapid planetary cooling Be Veg so we have time to Go Green and Save the Planet Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association Surrey Center
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5. 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, shouldn’t 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/bbs/board.php?bo_table=sos_video&wr_id=21&url=link2_1#v
6. 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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8. 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 10’s of 1000’s 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!
9. 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 Fully accounting for methane’s true global warming potential means 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
10. 1 billion tons of methane* will dissipate faster than 1 billion tons of CO2 Billions of tons (CO2 Equivalents) Methane dissipating Carbon Dioxide Remaining Source: UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I, Table 6.7
11. Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of Human – Cause 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%)
12. 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 Billions of tons of emissions saved per year Source : UN FAO, Livestock’s Long Shadow, IPCC Note: Does not include emissions reductions for CO2 or Nitrous Oxide
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16. 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 Assume Methane Global Warming Potential = 23 @100 years, 68 @ 20 years 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. Assumes global warming potential = 68
17. Meat & Dairy: Cause 9 % of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions 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 Annual tons of CO2 Emissions from Livestock (millions of tons)
18. Stop eating Meat & Dairy to halt 30% of Tropical Rainforest Deforestation 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 halt tropical rainforest deforestation in the Amazon, stop eating animal products . Annual tons of CO2 Emissions from Livestock (millions of tons)
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20. Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Nitrous Oxide (67%)
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23. Biofuels 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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