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Re: [permaculture] permaculture - Biofuel Illusion
- From: Pat Meadows <pat@meadows.pair.com>
- To: pci@permaculture-inst.org, permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] permaculture - Biofuel Illusion
- Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 16:03:14 -0400
On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:50:08 -0600, you wrote:
> The solution is to change our lifestyle, I
>think that we should be looking to the Amish for direction and for
>technology.
The Amish, however, are dependent upon the larger society and its fossil
fuel inputs for many aspects of their life. They use modern medical
facilities, for example, getting a ride to a hospital from a neighbor when
necessary. They buy the cloth from which their clothing is made. They use
refrigerators operated by kerosene. They use kerosene lights. They buy
much of their food: which is transported of course by fossil fuels, and
grown by fossil fuels too. They buy fossil-fuel based fertilizer.
It's a total misconception that the Amish are not dependent on fossil
fuels. Maybe less dependent than many of us, yes. But still; that
dependency is there and it is very important to their way of life.
(How do I know this? I used to live in Delaware, near a large Amish
community. I now live in northern Pennsylvania, near a very conservative
Mennonite community and near some Amish as well. I have had a chance to
become familiar with Amish and conservative Mennonite life by personal
observation and by being friends with some of the people.)
Pat
--
In the Appalachian Mountains in northern Pennsylvania
Blog (mainly gardening and cooking related):
http://www.entire-of-itself.blogspot.com/
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Re: [permaculture] permaculture - Biofuel Illusion,
Scott Pittman, 07/09/2006
- Re: [permaculture] permaculture - Biofuel Illusion, Pat Meadows, 07/09/2006
- Re: [permaculture] permaculture - Biofuel Illusion, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 07/09/2006
- Re: [permaculture] permaculture - Biofuel Illusion, Ben Martin Horst, 07/09/2006
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [permaculture] permaculture - Biofuel Illusion,
Paul A Cross, 07/10/2006
- Re: [permaculture] permaculture - Biofuel Illusion, Sean Maley, 07/10/2006
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Re: [permaculture] permaculture - Biofuel Illusion,
Toby Hemenway, 07/10/2006
- Re: [permaculture] permaculture - Biofuel Illusion, Ben Martin Horst, 07/11/2006
- Re: [permaculture] permaculture - Biofuel Illusion, Ben Martin Horst, 07/11/2006
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