No, having more people throw more computational power at pointless calculations is the root problem, not something to which I wish to contribute.
Are you interested in contributing to the solution to that?
I think solutions are out there now, but what they need is user adoption. I imagine with increasing media coverage of Bitcoin will come increasing scrutiny of its origins and the coin distribution.
Proof-of-stake is really cool. We need a coin-design forum to discuss the different algos we can use to build a blockchain. Bitcoin was the first but it isn't the best.