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"Last Word"-A Different Kind of Horsepower

SUSIE GHARIB: And finally tonight, while many drivers are Fed up and complaining about higher gas prices, one Kentucky man is saddling up in protest. Allan Peerce says the best way to combat high prices at the pump is to hang up the car keys. He's been riding his horse around town and carrying a sign that says in protest of diesel and gas prices. At night, he camps out in the courthouse square to protest diesel prices rising above $4.20 a gallon. And Jeff, apparently Peerce says that he's trying to come up with some new ways to demonstrate in case diesel prices in his area rise above $4.50 a gallon.

YASTINE: And if they keep heading higher, I suspect we may all have to switch to horses eventually. I don't know what other choices we have besides electric or the train. We'll leave that I guess for perhaps another story.

GHARIB: That's what they mean by strong horsepower, right?

YASTINE: Definitely.