I appreciate your politeness too. Its not very often you get to have a civil discussion on the internet :).

In regards to your question, I honestly don't think there is a solution to the world's problems. Even if we established a utopia on Earth, the Sun will destroy the planet in a few billion years. And even if we manage to get out of the solar system, some day every star will die and there won't be any more fuel to create new ones. Entropy has had us doomed from the start, but at the same time, entropy is the reason life even exists at all. All of the atoms in our body came from stars that have been long dead. None of us would be here if those stars didn't grow old and die. The process of evolution involved billions of years of death and extinction so certain genes could propagate themselves. Even in your own life, the development of your personality and character is due to the suffering you've experienced.

One of the things that I've found appealing about Buddhism is how profound the idea that life is suffering. This truth goes beyond the human experience, because life is in fact, the product and continuing process of the universe's suffering. The only way we could end all suffering is if we somehow stopped the flow of time. But then what? We'd be dead, nothing would move at all. The only thing we can do is do the best we can and deal with our pain however we think is appropriate (meditation, drugs, etc.).

Thats the end of my little rant. I'd like to know your thoughts on the matter.