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Old 05/24/2006, 01:56 PM
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Even the amish have power units to power their threshers and well pumps for the milkhouse. If they are carpenders, they also use fuel to power lathes, table saws, planers, and various woodworking material. They too need fuel; not everything they use came directly from the earth w/o fuel. Fabric- cotton- farmers use cotton pickers to pick cotton. Use trucks to haul it. etc. Amish do not (like any other farmer) keep all their grain; they sell it. Without fuel, there would be no market in Ag rich areas for product, causing a huge fallout in the chain and many would go hungry and lose a lot of money. We do need to be weaned off fossil fuels- especially for electricity. Most of us would reap some nice benefits if a few more lightwater reactors were online.