Bye-Bye Buggies, Hello Ebikes

 "Equal And Opposite Reactions" 
by Patti Liszkay
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​Bye-Bye Buggies, Hello Ebikes

...Continued from previous post:   
      "Is it just me," I said to Tom during our recent visit to Ohio Amish Country, "or does it seem like Amish folks riding in buggies have been replaced by Amish folks zipping around on ebikes?"
​       My mate agreed with me that this did appear so.
       It wasn't that there were no buggies at all to be seen. They were around;

      They just weren't you know, ubiquitous. 
      The ebikes, on the other hand, were.

           A little research on the subject revealed that ebikes are, indeed becoming an Amish thing, and not only where we were in the town of Berlin in the heart of Ohio Amish Country. Though each community makes their own rules on what is and isn't allowed, ebikes are apparently booming as the preferred form of transport around Amish world, where  the bike charging stations are powered by solar panels. 
            As David Mullet, owner of Ebikes of Holmes County put it, "It's a lot quicker to jump on your [ebike] and go into town than it is to bring your horse into the barn, harness it to the buggy and go. And you travel faster, too."
            All of which, of course, makes sense. But from that perspective, a car travels even faster. I suppose like all of us, the Amish will pick and choose their technology for as long as they can.
             Still, I have a feeling that in Amish Country the horse and buggy is about to go the way of the horse and buggy.

Reference:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-modern-era-e-bikes-are-replacing-horse-and-buggy-for-some-amish-communities/ar-AA1iU8r7