Americans are 5% of World Population, consume 1/4 of its Energy (infographic)

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12. ...and wastes 40% of what it grows.

And it's not enough to suggest that consumers be more careful and farmers use biodiesel.

Consumption is built into the infrastructure.

Ban the garbage grinder, as other nations do, rather than using clean drinking water to pump the waste back to an overloaded treatment plant.

Cut the cord from the freezer, where good food goes to die. Small markets within walking distance are the key there.

Learn to cook, as that bit of de-skilling inevitably leads to the drive-thru. There's less waste in the cook's home than the frozen food factory or the fast food outlet.

Four-bin recycling, mandatory and universal, gets the bio-waste to a plant where biogas and usable fertilizer are made.

I could go on, but that's enough for a starter course.