Russians returning to 1 horsepower amid gasoline shortages

According to Boing Boing, Russian villagers are increasingly turning to horses for transportation as the country faces a deepening gasoline crisis. Horse breeders report a severalfold surge in demand for workhorses in recent weeks, with the uptick sparing roughly one thousand animals from slaughter.

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