Post by dgriffin on Feb 5, 2009 20:24:16 GMT -5
The Amish Technological Vanguard
The really radical alternative technology is living off the grid--and who knows how to do it better?
"The really radical alternative technology is living off the grid--declaring independence from central utilities. And the experts at this are Amish farmers and craftsmen, whose religious rules, values and economic needs have nourished a dynamic technological culture.
"Amish communities unanimously rejected the rural electrification movement of the 1920s and 1930s as a threat to their principle of separation from the world. Some observers might have predicted that this ban and the rejection of tractors would threaten Amish crafts and farming in the competitive marketplace. But the opposite happened."
www.forbes.com/2008/10/31/amish-technology-grid-biz-power08-cx_et_1031tenner.html?boxes=custom