Submitted by ranman12953 t3_10dg022 in askscience
Wedoitforthenut t1_j4mpbsc wrote
Reply to comment by gh0stwriter88 in How do non electric heat operated fans work? by ranman12953
Ironic that the Amish will allow heat to do the work for them, but no electricity. I wonder if thats just due to a lack of understanding, or if there is some principle of electricity that the Amish don't like? I am ignorant of Amish culture tbh.
MyMomSaysIAmCool t1_j4nswy9 wrote
TL/DR: They don't reject electricity or any other technology outright. They pick and choose the technology that will benefit them, and reject anything they feel is detrimental.
Long version: There's many flavors of Amish, and all follow different rules. Technology is allowed or forbidden depending on its impact on the community. Telephones? Some communities love them, it brings distant neighbors together. Cellphones? Yes, for the same reason. A smartphone that lets you spend all day scrolling Reddit, that's probably not going to fly because it'll separate you from your community rather than bringing you closer.
And there's also rules for what's allowed at work. A friend of mine bought a trailer from a PA company, and she was surprised to see Amish people driving forklifts, running power tools, arc welding, etc, as part of the manufacturing process. The Amish aren't held to the same standards when on the job, because doing so would make them unemployable.
So yeah, it's not as simple as it seems, and every community is a little different.
tribrnl t1_j4oo27j wrote
The Amish people who built the home next door to my in-laws in Iowa were able to use power tools as long as they were pneumatic. Didn't write make sense to me, but whatever. They also had a non Amish guy drive them to and from the work site in a van.
gh0stwriter88 t1_j4q2soo wrote
Its because grid electricity makes you beholden to the electric company....generators are usually ok for work use or pnumatic.
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