What should we do?
1. Protest against the farming subsidies provided to the farmers in the first world. Yes this would increase the prices in the interim but would eventually make the markets efficient.
2. Transfer these subsidies to food programs across the poor world especially in Africa.
3. In India, stop subsidising fuel and transfer that savings to poor directly to compensate for the price increase. Food stamps may be?
3. Ethanol, hybrid, electric, hydrogen - nonsense. Just ditch it! Public transport it is. Suburbia out, congested cities in. Higher density, better public transport. Get friendly and use less deodorant.
4. Eat less meat! A vegetarian diet consumes less energy.
5. Ah, finally, stop having children. You will not just have a smaller footprint but would avert a stampede altogether!
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