Lessons from life on the border

Just finished a conversation with one of the nice young border agents that drive by every so often. Kadizzle asked why they don't just round up the illegals at the places they work. Answer, lobbyist make sure they cannot. Tyson Chicken is the worst offender, and some other big corporate interest make sure once the illegals are there to be exploited the border patrol cannot interfere. The right wing insist we put up 900 million in fences, but we don't simply arrest the corporate people who are putting out the cheese to attract the rats. The border patrol agent told me about an agent who got ambushed and killed by illegals. Not all illegals are bad people. It is sad to see people die in the desert and border patrol agents get killed just because lobbyist can pay off politicians and make sure we don't simply solve the problem.

Next topic. Energy use. Living in an Earth module in the desert makes one quickly become aware of how much energy we use, and waste. The electricity to warm us, light us, and provide for this computer all comes from our little Honda generator. If every American could hear an engine roar when they made toast, or ran the microwave our energy problem would be solved. When you are self contained you quickly realize how much water you use, how much sewage you produce, and how much energy you need. Habits change, you are willing to be a little colder. You change you schedule to do things when the generator runs, you turn out the lights quickly, and you don't leave the water run for an extra second. Strangely life without as much waste is not that bad. If the average American could stand beside the pile of coal burnt in their name, and oil burnt in their name, they would be amazed. However, our hear no evil, see no evil life style makes us oblivious to what we actually do.