Originally Posted by pedex
eliminate debt
get as far into the non discretionary side of the economy as possible
and conserve
in a nutshell, the answer to your question is the question isnt it? the problems we face defy any attempt at grasping the scale really, we've built one huge spider web of a interconnected beast in our McWorld
Your first one is pretty key for the average person. At some point, the price of suburban homes is going to plummet, and large sectors of jobs - like everything housing related - is going to go away. You can imagine what happens to a person who can't make their mortgage payment and can't sell their house for enough money to cover the principal.
Anyway... I'm surprised to hear about the corn prices. I guess my head is still pretty far in the sand. From strictly an environmental standpoint my biggest concern is over some of the other agricultural crops that can be used to produce fuels - specifically the ones that grow especially well in South America. The rain forests are at a huge risk to big-agriculture. If they go, the effect on the planet could be horrific.