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Cool the Planet Fast: Importance of Methane Reduction in a Plant-Based Diet

Learn about the significant impact of methane emissions on global warming and how shifting to a plant-based diet can rapidly cool the planet. Discover the key role of reducing meat and dairy consumption in combating climate change, as highlighted by experts and studies. Explore the benefits of embracing a vegan lifestyle in saving the planet and buying crucial time for implementing sustainable solutions. Act now to make a difference and ensure a sustainable future for our planet.

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Cool the Planet Fast: Importance of Methane Reduction in a Plant-Based Diet

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  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 ChingHai International Association Brisbane Center

  2. Table of Contents ` • Livestock: Over 50% of greenhouse emisisons • Methane: An under appreciated emissions time bomb • Meat, Dairy and Global Warming • Biofuels don’t cause starvation, meat does • Vegetarian diets use less water

  3. Methane An Under Appreciated Time Bomb

  4. 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

  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

  7. “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: Methane’s Impact on Climate Change May Be Twice Previous Estimates

  8. Cooling Happens Fastest by Reducing Methane

  9. Methane: A more potent gas over shorter periods Methane 23 times hotter than CO2 (100 yr time period) Methane68 times hotter than CO2 (20 yr time period) Methane GWP est. = 68 Methane GWP est. = 23 Fully accounting for methane’s 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 Livestock’s Long Shadow

  10. 1 billion tons of methane* will dissipate faster than 1 billion tons of CO2 Carbon Dioxide Remaining Billions of tons (CO2 Equivalents) Methanedissipating 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 United Kingdom #1 Livestock (42%) #2 Landfill (18%) #3 Oil & Gas (17%) Germany #1 Livestock (62%) #2 Landfill (13%) #3 Oil & Gas (17%) United States #1 Livestock (30%) #2 Landfill (25%) #3 Oil & Gas (24%) Sources: US Environmental Protection Agency, UN FAO

  12. 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, Livestock’s Long Shadow, IPCC

  13. 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 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.

  14. Meat, Dairy and Global Warming (other emissions)

  15. Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions (24%) Emissions from all Livestock • Methane: 37% • Carbon Dioxide: 9% • Nitrous Oxide: 67% Assumes global warming potential = 68 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

  16. Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions (24%) Assumes global warming potential = 68 Global Warming Potential = 23 Global Warming Potential = 68 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 @100 years, 68 @ 20 years Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization report Livestock’s Long Shadow & IPCC Working Group 1, Table 6.7 & Our calculations using UN estimates

  17. Meat & Dairy: Cause 9 % of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions CO2 release from cultivated soil Fertilizer manufacture On farm fuel use Desertification Deforestationand other land use change Annual tons of CO2 Emissions from Livestock (millions of tons) Source: Livestock’s Long Shadow, UN Food & Agriculture Organization, Nov. 2006

  18. Stop eating Meat & Dairy to halt 30% of Tropical Rainforest Deforestation If we wantto halt tropical rainforest deforestationin 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: Livestock’s Long Shadow, UN Food & Agriculture Organization, Nov. 2006

  19. 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.

  20. Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Nitrous Oxide (67%)

  21. Biofuels don’t cause starvation Meat & Dairy do

  22. Biofuels 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, 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

  23. Biofuels don’t cause starvation Meat does Global Population (2007): 6.7 billion 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. Sources: UN Food & Agriculture Organization, World Food Organization

  24. Vegetarian Diets use less water Than meat & dairy diets

  25. Vegetarian Diets use less water than Meat Diets • Global Warming Threatens our already-dwindling water supply • Africa 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

  26. Vegetarian Diets use less Water than Meat Diets 70% water usage by 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. END For more information, please see: www.SupremeMasterTV.com www.MeatTheFacts.org www.EcoFoodPrint.org

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