Reply #55: Well, California isn't interested in seceding, except

[Cleita]

in some neo-Nazi enclaves up the the Sierras, however, if we were isolated somehow, we would do just fine. You forget that we have natural food here too, that the Chumash Indians exploited to make their bread, like acorns and corn. You don't just need wheat to make bread. The military bases and hardware are what we would have left behind. We can train our own citizen militia to man them. We are leading the nation in going over to solar because people like the idea. Ethanol is making headway too and many of the cars on the road, including mine, can run on it. Also, much of our oil is manipulated by the oil giants. I say we kick them out. You don't need to have a lot of cheese to survive. We have a whole ocean of edibles out there. We really don't need cows. Some people like them. Steak should be a luxury like it is in other countries. We don't have to do things like they have been done just because it's the way it's always been done.