Common question, uncommon answer?
I believe it is a myth that no one would do the dirty jobs. Who does the sewage at BM? Volunteers? Perhaps robots could, or ameoba, or exotic algae, or just maybe, each living unit would have it's own waistproccessing facility, power generation capacity, and even produce foods, while creating no waste....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller

We have designed our systems today to only take into account our immediant needs. At the Bioneers conference this weekend their are thirteen indigenous grandmothers coming together from different parts of the world so that they can share their ancient wisdom and science.
www.bioneers.org/node/1768
Many other pioneers in biologically responsible practices will be there as well. The conference is a little pricey, but cheaper than BM, and chocked full of practical information to better inform our way of being with the earth. This is crucial and if we don't stop thinking like spoiled children we'll destroy our only play pin.

Friends of mine have changed their homes and businesses plumbing so that grey water from sinks and showers are used to flush toilets. To really change things we have to escape our own infantile behaviors. Creating nuclear waste that will be with us for the life of our species is not clever or worthy of the Infinite void in which we have come to exist. We are creatures of light, literally coalesced after a kazillion year proccess and this is the best we can do?

To conclude my response about the sewage, I would ask another question in return. In a world we respect and a life fueled by the craving to be the best humans we can possibly be, who in this world would want to work in a cubicle? That seems to me a much more horrid fate than having to take out the trash and deal with the sewage. What if our pay scales were commenserate not with profitability, but instead were measured by the degree to which the job is usefull to society? If Doctors were paid the same as sanitation workers, wouldn't the cubicles go vacant and the status be reversed? Might people not swarm to do such work?

But sadly, judging from the way things are going now, it seems we reward people with high incomes who are utterly incompetent for the grave and wonderful task at hand. As far as I have been able to percieve, politicians and corporate executives are paid to lie, issue false platitudes, kiss ass real good, perpetuate all of the foul cliquesh behaviors found in highscool, and lie to cover up their mistakes and wrong doing and are promoted and elected in direct proportion to the degree they can fulfill these functions.
Look no furthur than the present presidential race for proof. The leading Democrat voted for the war in Iraq (clinton) and just recently designated another countries military(Iranian National Guard), who have never engaged in an aggressive war, a terrorist organization! This gives bush the authority to strike without approval of congress another country that has done nothing to us, (AGAIN). If we can have nukes and they are ok, why can't they? Perhaps we should stop trying to influence people at gunpoint and should lead by example...lets dismantle our nukes and create a world in which we can live without having both sides of a conflict be sold weapons and huge profits being made at the expense of members of our own species. We are giving these horrid people power.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20997509/
Notice in the above that one of the last questions was which candidate avoided answering questions the most and who had the most rehearsed answers. For at least Hillary, Obama, and Edwards(whom I kinda like), they scored high in these qualities as well as in their popularity(who stood out from the pack.
You can also watch the debate on Youtube, be sure to vote for who you like in the online polls. It is our way to influence the medias perspective.
www.youtube.com/watch
Why is Clinton at the top of the polls if she is just a bush in clinton garb? Perhaps because the media: 1.Does not ask about less known democratic contenders in their poll, 2. and assume with the questions they are asking that she is the front runner.
www.intosanity.com/
I know many people don't think voting is'nt a way to change things for the better. Isn't it convinient that we believe the horrible status quo is inevitable?? we must vote AND change ourselves to end the horrible efects of our species and live in harmony with the earth or we will destroy the most beautiful thing we have known.


Tirade over, for now....
www.intosanity.com/
www.gravel2008.us/
www.dennis4president.com/

Right, what Synge said about volunteers.

When I'm in a situation where I feel free to be myself and that many of my needs are understood and taken care of, then I'm happy to give my part and volunteer as well. This seems to be a pretty natural progression towards caring for the common good. We volunteer at BM because we value the society that it creates. If we truly felt value in energy and services provided in the default world, I mean, if we really were stoked about our homes, neighborhoods, jobs, creative outlets, etc... then we'd be a lot more likely to help out in return.

"Sure, but who would deal with the sewage? "

Just some food for thought......
I saw a talk show once where this genius child was totaly obsessed with waist management & another where a child was completly obsessed with his vaccum cleaner collection & vaccuming in general. So believe it or not there are people who's bliss or perhaps calling is to serve humanity in this way. I've often thought that sanitation workers aught to get respect like Dr's......after all if we didn't have them, just think how many more people would be sick & what our landscape might look like ( think Paris during the plague).

-but, it certainly is not a job that I could do, which makes me even more thankfull to the people who do it.