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.
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.
“It’s a lot quicker to jump on your bike and go into town than it is to bring your horse into the barn, harness it to the buggy, and go,” David Mullett, a member of the Old Order Amish Church and owner of an e-bike shop in Ohio, told the blog This E-Bike Life.
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