One of those Amish loopholes? How do they generate the compressed air to
drive the fans?

I have often pondered that question myself. I have worked for one that
had a windmill about a half a mile away pumping water to a storage
tank near the house. He had an electric booster pump boosting the
water to the house. When the windmill could not keep up he had a pump
jack underneath the windmill powered by a Honda motor pumping water to
the storage tank. There was a gas well on the place and he used a
bunch of natural gas to keep the storage tank and pipes pump etc from
freezing. Near the house was a barn with electricity, PHONE, and other
sinful modern conviences. He also had some pretty nice tractors. The
house his family lived in was wired for electricity, he did not build
the house, they did not use the electricity or the phone. BUT they
went about 150 ft to the barn with every modern convience known to
man.

There were other contradictions TO ME that were visible but to keep
this short. I asked a man one time what is in the Amish to make them
think as they do. His reply was "An idle mind is the devils workshop"
They try to work everyones ass off to keep them from getting in
trouble. So I still do not know what is going on with them as far as
what is sinful or not or what or why they do what they do but I think
they are strange.
For him it was wrong to pump water with electricity, BUT he could
boost the water with electricity.
NO phone or electricity in the house,BUT in his barn OK.
His DAD had a van, he could not drive it,BUT he could hire someone to
drive it and his family around.
I guess they are like Baptists and drinking.

Scott in Texas