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Amish men ‘shunned’ after nationwide emergency alert outs them for having phones
(www.independent.co.uk)
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My wife and I had a question about how they're charging the cell phones once they have them. Do you have any information on that?
Based on a documentary I saw recently they seem to be OK with battery powered devices and use them extensively on their farms. But powerlines are considered the devil or something. And autmobiles as well, unless you get a chauffer. Not sure how much this differs between communities though, doesn't seem like there is a central authority for all Amish.
Right, which is the cause of our issue. Where do they get the electricity to charge the batteries? The houses don't have it. The buggies done have it. I'd hate to think of the damage done to a phone using a dirty power from a hand crank generator. Is there some solar cell loophole? "It not electricity, it's sunshine."
Gasoline powered generators apparently, and then the big batteries charged on those can charge the phones or power whatever they need. But again, this is different from community to community as far as I understood it.