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► 99%
of Rhinos gone since 1914.
► 97%
of Tigers gone since 1914.
► 90%
of Lions gone since 1993.
► 90%
of Sea Turtles gone since 1980.
► 90%
of Monarch Butterflies gone since 1995.
► 90%
of Big Ocean Fish gone since 1950.
► 80%
of Western Gorillas gone since 1955.
► 60%
of Forest Elephants gone since 1970.
► 50%
of Great Barrier Reef gone since 1985.
► 50%
of Human Sperm Counts gone since 1950.
► 50%
of Fresh Water Fish gone since 1987.
► 40%
of Giraffes gone since 2000.
► 40%
of ocean phytoplankton gone since 1950.
► Ocean
plankton declines of 1% per year means 50% gone in 70 years, more
than 1% is likely.
► Ocean
acidification doubles by 2050, triples by 2100.
► 30%
of Marine Birds gone since 1995.
► 28%
of Land Animals gone since 1970.
► 28%
of All Marine Animals gone since 1970.
► Humans
and livestock are 97% of earth's land vertebrate biomass.
► 10,000
years ago humans and livestock were a mere 0.01% of land vertebrate
biomass.
► Our
crop and pasture lands caused 80% of all land vertebrate species
extinctions.
► 1,000,000
humans, net, are added to earth every 4½ days.
► We
have to grow more food over the next 50 years than we grew in the
last 500 years.
► We
need 6 million hectares of new farmland every single year to do this.
► We
lose 12 million hectares of farmland every single year due to soil
degradation and loss.
► Earth
has only 60 years of farming left at current world soil degradation
rates.
► We
already passed world peak production in 2006 for wheat, soy, corn and
fish.
► IMPORTANT:
All IPCC mitigation, sequestration and adaptive strategies assume
m-o-r-e farmland is available.
► In
10 years, 4 billion people will be short of fresh water.
► One
billion humans now walk a mile each day for fresh water.
► Humans
and livestock eat 40% of earth's annual land chlorophyll production.
► We
are running out of cheap, accessible potassium and phosphates.
► These
irreplaceable fertilizers cannot be manufactured by humans.
► We
can recycle phosphates, but we don't because of because of mining
interests.
► The
nitrogen cycle is so badly corrupted it kills off river and ocean
life.
► We
face mounting crop losses due to drought, flood and extreme weather.
► There
are 80,000 untested chemicals in our environment.
► Mixed
together in our bodies they are even more dangerous.
► We
add thousands of chemicals to our food in a untrustworthy regulatory
environment.
► We
spray so much herbicide and pesticide, our croplands are "Green
Deserts".
► GM
foods destroy soil ecology and poisons us without our permission.
► GM
crops destroyed 90% of Monarch Butterflies in 20 years.
► GM
cotton stalks will kill livestock that eat it.
► 3
neo-nicotinoid infused seeds will kill one bird. Nicotinoids are
water soluble.
► Monocultures
cause bee malnutrition due to a lack of bio-diversity in pollen
sources.
► Bee
malnutrition weakens colonies against poisons, disease and extreme
weather.
► We
add nanoparticles to our foods without testing for long term safety.
► We
add computer designed, synthetic DNA to our food.
► We
kill elephants and orangutans in Indonesia to clear forests to grow
palm oil.
► This
palm oil is burnt as "green" bio-fuel in Germany's diesel
cars in Europe.
► Rainforests
are slashed and burned in South America to grow soy.
► Pigs
in China eat half of all the soy grown in South America.
► Soy
oil is burnt as bio-fuel in Northern Europe.
► Our
food is killing off life on earth.
How
a farmer described growing wheat over the last 20 years...
Before:
► Plant
seed harvested from previous year
► Allow
wheat to grow naturally
► Harvest
cutting ~1 foot from ground (storing some seed for next year's use,
selling the extra)
► Plow
(turning chaff, stubble, and weeds into ground for nutrient
breakdown)
► Remove
from planting rotation for 1 year
► Plow
(cutting off roots)
► Plow
(turn plant material into soil)
► Repeat
Now:
► Plant
seeds bought from GMO manufacturer
► Drench
with GMO's herbicide to prevent anything else from growing
► Spray
with chemical fertilizers (because the ground doesn't have enough
nutrients)
► Spray
with herbicide to kill the whole field at once to ensure the whole
field is ready to cut at the same time.
► Harvest,
cutting the wheat all the way to the ground because it doesn't grow
tall enough due to lack of nutrients
► Sell
all seeds that came off of plants (it's illegal to keep anything)
► Burn
off minimal stubble and turn once into the ground with disc.
► Repeat
until soil is gone.
► GMO
INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK FARMING WILL DESTROY LIFE ON EARTH AND IS A
...
SUPER-NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT TO EVERY HUMAN BEING
► Runaway
mass extinction is unstoppable and irreversible once started.
► Green
Energy is our solution to Climate Change.
► But,
Climate Change is only 1 of 6 Direct Drivers for Mass Extinction.
► 50%
of land vertebrate species died off in the last 50 years.
► 50%
of land vertebrate species will die off in the next 40 years.
► +50%
= Unstoppable Irreversible Mass Extinction.
► 75%
Species Loss = Mass Extinction.
► The
6 Direct Drivers of Mass Extinction are:
… 1)
Invasive Species
… 2)
Over-Population
… 3)
Over-Exploitation
… 4)
Habitat Loss
….5)
Climate Change
….6)
Pollution
► GREEN
ENERGY WILL NOT STOP MASS EXTINCTION
► Humans
and livestock are earth's number one invasive species.
► We
are in the last doubling of resource demand.
► At
current growth rates our energy demand will exceed the output of the
sun in 1,500 years.
► Energy
demand is set to double in 50 years.
► Emissions
have to go down 80% in 30 years.
► Renewable
energy uses more minerals for less energy than fossil fuels.
► Post-peak
minerals will hit in 20 years – more energy needed for less
minerals extracted.
► It
takes 10X more intermittent electrical energy to displace one unit of
fossil electrical energy.
► It
takes one ton of coal to make just 6 solar panels.
► Solar
and wind turbine production is deadly toxic.
► Green
energy systems only last 30 years and have to be replaced.
► We
can’t replace billions of green systems every 30 years and save
earth.
► Recycling
their alloys is difficult and uses more energy than mining.
► Green
energy doesn’t run on the sun and wind, it runs on mining minerals.
► Green
energy is driven by short-term greedy capitalism and corruption.
► Green
energy products will have to be replaced in 30 years during extreme
shortages.
► Especially
under current emissions-depletions-extinction scenarios.
► 40%
Green Energy requires 200% more copper says John Timmer of Ars
Technica.
► Peak
copper hits 2030 – 2040 says Ugo Bardi.
► Post
peak copper production cannot accelerate at any price says Dave
Lowell.
► This
is true of any post peak mineral production.
► There
is no real substitute for copper says Mat McDermott of Motherboard.
... http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/blog/there-are-no-substitutes-for-the-metals-in-your-smartphone
► We
mined 50% of all the copper in human history in just the last 30
years.
► 100%
green energy requires 500% more copper.
► Peak
minerals includes more than just copper.
► By
2050, expect to be past peaks for tin, silver, nickel, zinc, cadmium
and more.
... http://www.fastcoexist.com/3044467/a-periodic-table-of-elements-that-the-world-is-running-out-of
► Most
new hi-tech green energy exotic mineral requirements are energy-cost
prohibitive.
► We
move some 3 billion tons of earth per year to get 15 millions tons of
copper.
► We
can’t afford to mine 500% more copper at ever lower concentrations.
► We
cannot recycle it into existence.
► We
cannot conserve it into existence.
► Substituting
aluminum for copper wire takes 5X the energy and is a brittle fire
hazard.
... http://www.fastcoexist.com/3044467/a-periodic-table-of-elements-that-the-world-is-running-out-of
► Google’s
own Stanford Phd, green energy experts, Ross Koningstein and David
Fork, tell IEEE Spectrum why green energy “simply won’t work”
and is a “false dream” without major lifestyle changes.
► You
can see humanity fly off the charts here:
► In
just 13 years, we will “lock in” an inevitable near term 6°C
earth temp rise because we continually exceed the worse-case
emissions scenario set out back in 2007 says climate scientist, Dr.
Michael Jennings.
► Why
Trolls Are Green
You
will notice I barely mentioned climate change. That's because green
energy boosters focus exclusively on climate change and ignore
everything else. They know we don't have enough resources to provide
renewable energy for 9 billion people every 30 years. Green energy is
based on mining, not the sun, the wind and the stars. The number one
concern of miners is, supply and the profit-loss break even point.
Solar panels and wind turbines are sold by giant conglomerates who
just want to sell us as many panels and turbines as they can before
we run out. Divestment is just a distraction for rich old and young.
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