Amish communities are using a surprising new kind of vehicle to travel long distances: ‘It’s a lot quicker’
Amish communities are using a surprising new kind of vehicle to travel long distances: ‘It’s a lot quicker’
Several churches have now decided that the benefits outweigh the costs.
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Generally speaking, Amish communities are most likely to avoid a new technology if they believe that it will make them too reliant on the outside world. This has also led some of them to make use of electricity derived from solar panels, which they can own and maintain. The e-bikes, as well, can often be charged by small solar panels.
Mmh, they won’t be able to build the solar panels or even the e-bike on their own, so it’s relying on the English as much as using a car.
They can probably breed their own horses and build their own buggies though.
I don’t get it.
You can tell it's a religion because they've got the hypocrisy part down pat.
With an ebike they can power it themselves with the solar panels, whereas with a car they are continually reliant on the outside world for fuel. It's pretty minor and I would think they would need spare parts sometime, but that's the difference that I can see.