I know the statistics about energy/resources use..but it does little good to simply proclaim that the US uses "more than its share"...this situation developed gradually as the US created much of the technology to GET energy, and by the time it was a serious issue, it was obviously tricky to just re-distribute the pile.

The only real solution is a long-term plan to develop alternate technologies...wind, solar, water,...whatever...and make these technologies available to countries with problems....while reducing our own excessive habits. (does Las Vegas really NEED all those lights?)

All of that, of course, while reducing the population to a level that can be sustained and allow the remaining resources to be monitored...

How low? Well, you may laugh, but I suspect that the largest population that can be sustained indefinitely is between 2-3 billion...about what it was in 1950 or so. Scary, huh? I may be off...but we need to know. And we need world leaders who will address the issue, and quit avoiding it because it is a political hot potato!