Or so the famously non-oil and electricity consuming Amish in Ohio are discovering.
It is also notable that they are reluctant to pass the increased costs onto their customers.
“I feel embarrassed to raise prices,” he said.
Bread at his market just went up 25 cents a loaf.
But the price of flour – based on increasingly expensive wheat and raised, harvested and milled by gas-guzzling machines – has nearly doubled.
“I can’t justify raising it more than a quarter,” Miller said. “We’ll just have to get by.”
Getting by goes hand-in-hand with the legendary self-sufficiency of the Amish.
You’re doing a great job, Georgie.