Another idea: Why don't we help the border crossers set up an ecotopian subsistence community just over our side of the border? Solar and wind power, methane converter for the toilets, 6-volt Appropriate Technology for electrical appliances, underground homes . . . Take all the best ideas from Co-Evolution Quarterly and The Whole Earth Catalog and set up a viable alternative community that can sell power back to the utilities and provide an example of rational living to other Americans. Would the border crossers help? Or are they all about the money? Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html