My Utopia

     In my utopia everyone makes their own alcohol fuel.  
There are stills on the market that claim 1.5 gallons an 
hour can be distilled using a 55 gal drum.  It's hard 
work but everyone's kept busy.
     In this utopia people use this fuel for generating 
their own electricity when needed.  The fuel is used for 
cooking, heating and transportation as needed.  We are 
far more aware of the cost of energy when we produce it 
ourselves so wasting hot water and extravagant trips 
would be avoided, for example.
     In utopia everyone grows their own food.  It's very 
hard work, but everyone's kept busy.  They also don't 
spend time commuting and selling their sovereign rights 
to an employer and separating themselves from family and 
community.
   In utopia all roads are 25 mph and horse drawn carts 
are not uncommon.  Dog drawn carts are seen occasionally.
   In utopia there would be no television.  There would 
be no internet.  Everyone would be happy with the limited 
amount of information they have and they would study it, 
they would comprehend it thoroughly.  Memory work would 
be a major part of each day.
    In utopia we would use wood, dung or coal to heat 
with and it would be managed more efficiently being used 
along side alcohol.  I would much rather have smoke than 
nuclear radiation or chemical by products of industry.  
Think about it.  Giant corporations manage our energy 
needs with greed and disregard for the human condition.  
This energy consortium, mostly based on petroleum, has a 
profound influence in government regulations, possibly 
with the intent to restrict individuals from weening 
themselves from their control over our energy consumption 
and prohibiting individuals from producing their own 
energy.
    In a utopia this difficult people would have less 
children either by choice or as our forefathers did, by 
nature.  Life is tough.  Turn its control over to 
government and corporations and you have inhumanity, 
cruelty and forced customer service.  Keep possession of 
our own lives and we have struggles that are difficult 
but create character and pride.  In a utopia this real, 
people would know what's right and what's wrong, what's 
real and what's not real, what's important and what is 
not important.  The price we would pay for this honest 
hard working life style would not be cheap.
    In this utopia cities would be illegal.  
Corporations would not exist.  Government would only 
exist to punish transgressors on someone elses time, 
work, or personage without permission.  Title to property 
would not exist because possession would only be achieved 
with the work someone puts into a place.
    This utopia would require a monarchy with morals and 
values shared by everyone achieving respect not by force, 
but by goodwill.  Humanity, of course, is not capable of 
such a government and not capable of such a human 
condition.  That is why utopia is only a dream.

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