Why Being Vegan Is The Solution To Climate Change
11 videos • 527 views • by Ceton Cito http://www.suprememastertv.com/ * According to the UNreport Livestocks Long Shadow, livestock production is the greatest contributor to global warming. * Animal waste and feed cropland dump more pollutants into our waterways than all other human activities combined. * Meat-based diets require 10-20 times as much land as plant-based diets nearly half of the world's grains & soybeans are fed to animals. Proportion of GHG emissions from different parts of livestock production Livestock production emissions: 18% Global Transportation emissions: 13.5% 18% of all greenhouse-gas emissions from human activities, including: 9% of CO2 37% of CH4(methane) - 23 times the Global Warming Potential of CO2 over 100 years, 72 times over 20 years 65% of N2O (nitrous oxide) -296 times the Global Warming Potential of CO2 over 100 years, 275 over 20 years Source: FAO, 2006 (1) Producing 1kg beef: * Leads to the emission of greenhouse gases with a warming potential equivalent to 36.4 kg of CO2 . * Releases fertilising compounds equivalent to 340 g. of sulphur dioxide and 59 g. of phosphate. * Consumes 169 megajoules of energy . * 1 kg of beef is responsible for the equivalent of the amount of CO2 emitted by the average European car every 250 km, and burns enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for 20 days. * Over two-thirds of the energy goes towards producing and transporting the animals' feed.