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Yavin4

(37,182 posts) Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:59 PM Oct 2015

So, maybe the Amish were right all along.

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If we all lived like the Amish, would be facing Climate Change? [View all] Yavin4 Oct 2015 OP

Not a practical template HassleCat Oct 2015 #1

And NO ONE uses deoderant. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2015 #13

It is possible Kalidurga Oct 2015 #2

We would be facing mass starvation. nt hack89 Oct 2015 #3

Formula 1 would get a lot less exciting. Codeine Oct 2015 #4

..... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2015 #12

Not at this population level, no jberryhill Oct 2015 #5

How would we know? kiva Oct 2015 #6

But by not having a computer or internet... Yavin4 Oct 2015 #7

It's not how we live, it's how many of us are on the planet. FLPanhandle Oct 2015 #8

You're welcome to join them... brooklynite Oct 2015 #9

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #10

Yes. Rex Oct 2015 #11

Many Amish men use electricity and gas. Cell phones. Power equipment. yardwork Oct 2015 #14

Animal abuse is rampant in Amish country. Codeine Oct 2015 #16

Maybe not, but we'd be frogmarch Oct 2015 #15