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<div><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-size: 13px;">Jerry Durand via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:</span><br></div><div id="ydp443857fyahoo_quoted_6750087426" class="ydp443857fyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">
<div>>So, err, where/how do they charge the power tool batteries? Horse </div><div>>on a treadmill? </div><div><br></div><div>One of the sights that struck me as funny, when I first moved to Lancaster in 2000, was the site of a horse and buggy pulling up to a gas pump. Apparently I had misunderstood how horses are powered.</div><div><br></div><div>Actually, they Amish have gas engines at home, that run a generator, water pump, and perhaps a pneumatic pump. Their goal is to be off-grid, not to avoid electricity.</div><div><br></div><div>But, charging batteries can take a long time, so generally batteries are charged using solar electric power. </div><div><br></div><div>One of the ironies of enerergy efficient appliences, are the newer washing machines. They take 45 minutes for a load, vs about 15 minutes for my old one. For the Amish, that means they need to run their inefficient generator for 3x the amount of a time as an older washing machine.</div><div><br></div><div>-Joe</div><div><div dir="ltr"></div></div>
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