self-sufficiency

“We will beat up anime kids. … We will bring the American family back to the woods, back to self-sufficiency. … We will oust illegal immigrants with zero mercy.”

“Tell us how much you are spending and tell us what the actual results are with respect to self-sufficiency.”

The government says it is on course to achieve its goal of total self-sufficiency in fuels by the first quarter of 2025.

In Brightbill’s trek toward self-sufficiency, there’s a bittersweet echo of the parent’s most important job, the one that never truly ends, but when it’s well done, it means goodbye to the life you’ve known together.

“With groundwater, stormwater, recycled water and conservation, we can achieve self-sufficiency,” said Mark Gold, director of water scarcity solutions with the Natural Resources Defense Council.