The stakes in the election are highest for those far too young to vote, but even the most optimistic candidates and international observers say there is little chance that the voting will stop the dying anytime soon.
But if we ever doubted this is the time to address the problem, there's always the red planet up there, Mars, showing us what happens when you do tip the balance, and nothing you can do will stop the die-off.
Moreover, as with all peak resources, there have been fear-mongering prophesies of global bacon shortages by the USDA and Britain's National Pig Association (you probably shouldn't believe the hype, although that didn't stop the die-hards from hoarding sowbelly stock at their local supermarkets).
The goals, experts say, are to stop the killing and then stop the dying.
Mr. Cameron seemed to tear up when some leaders said they would be willing to die to stop the dam.
Trump, who has long flirted with the idea of standing for president, said he knew that standing for office would be a "tough" job but somebody had to stand up to stop the country "dying".
And the way to stop the innocent dying is not to retreat, to withdraw, to hand these people over to the mercy of religious fanatics or relics of Saddam, but to stand up for their right to decide their government in the same democratic way the British people do.
"The question on a lot of people's minds is why it didn't stop the fellow who died.
It is too acidic for them, so that ponds dug in former forest land have to be heavily (and expensively) limed to stop the crop from dying.
Stop the German people dying out" in which two beautiful blonde parents frolic at a sandy water's edge with their blonde and beaming children.
"Hopefully this step will help us maximize our ability to stop the death and dying from a disease we can cure," he said.
