Would you support gas rationing coupons?

I think that might also solve the problems of emissions and obesity if we had to walk when we ran out of gas coupons. On the other hand it could set up a black market society. I am open to either way.

Personally, I don't see a big problem with gas rationing, but neither my husband or myself do a lot of extra driving. he just goes to and from work every day, I do the same but also bring my son to school in the morning. We typically get all of our errands done at once so that we do not come and go multiple times during the day. How would this affect people who drive a long distance to and from work? Who would get to decide who uses too much gas? For example, even with the errands I run, to and from work, bringing my son to school, I use about a tank of gas a month. However, my husband just going to and from work (one way for him is roughly 33 miles) and going places on the weekend, goes through a tank of gas about every 5 days. I don't think we use much gas at all, but some people may see his usage as a bit much.

I don't get out much maybe 2-3 times a month and I don't own a car I have to rely on others to take me where I need to go. We try not to waste gas because of the high prices. It is 2.99 a gallon here in Ky where I live and I live outside of town about 10 miles. I would love to be able to ride a bike or walk but that is just to far now if I lived in the city limits it be different. If they rationed off gas would that include gas for people to travel to church,work, doctors and other places they need to get to. and if they did ration it people would be selling there gas vouchers for money. I am all for using smaller amounts of gas and carpooling when it can be done. I would love if they invented solar powered cars that would run off the power of the sun just think of the gas saved and the earth would be less harmed and the world might be better,cleaner place, but emergency vechicles should have emergency back up generators .15 trips a day is nonsense I think the lady needs to slow down and maybe cook food insread of all that artery clogging junk food she is feeding her kids and htey wonder why kids are so unhealthy now days because fast food is so easy and fast to get and there is a place on every corner. We need to take control because if we don't we won't like the consequences of our mistakes.

I think she should sell her stove since she's not using it anyway and that could go towards the gas and fast food bill. As for me I have already cut way way way back on the amount of gas I use. I also got an Email a while back that advised me to not purchase gas at Petro Can and Shell as they are our two biggest oil companies in Canada. Makes sense to me because if we all quit buying gas from them then they'd have to drop the price and therefore so would all other companies. Who knows heh ???

No, I don't think I would agree with gas rationing coupons. There are a lot of things to think about here. Will everyone get the same amount? What about the people who live far from work, or have to drive a lot for work? What if their children's school doesn't have a bus system and they have children in different grades/schools? It takes us a long time to get from my house to anywhere, we are surrounded by farms. We don't live in a city where you can just hop on a bus or train or whatever. We obviously can't walk in the middle of Winter, or even Summer to go do our shopping. We live too far away. I really don't think gas rationing coupon's are the answer.

There are some people who abuse the system as always lke your friend. But for those of us who HAVE to drive 100 miles a day round trip to and from work, the rationing would hurt. What happens when I run out of ration coupons? Do I not get to go to work? If I don't work, I only have so much paid time off to use and after that's gone, I'm out of luck. I don't get paid. I can't carpool. I live in the middle of nowhere and none of my neighbors work where I do. There is no mass transit, no trains and no taxis that run in my neighborhood. There is nothing. The gas rationing may help, but it'll also hurt the commuters who travel a great deal to and from work like I do.

Never really thought about rationing, but maybe the time has come for something like that. It amazes me that some people don't realize that by making needless runs with their car all the time. It just makes us more dependent on the foreign oil & gas, and with that unneccessary demand it will make the price keep rising at the pumps, etc. These kinds of people don't seem to think that they're cutting the nose off their face, yet they are the same people who complain heavily that the prices of gas, oil, etc are way too expensive. They obviously don't realize that they ARE part of the problem! Personally, I consolidate my trips. I go to do the shopping one day, and while I'm at it I try and do the other necessarry things while I'm uptown. I think we very well might see the day where they have to ration gas, it would not surprise me at all.

I am not sure that will work either. People have to drive further than others sometimes. I have to take my son two hours away to go to the Dr.. I have to take him 45 minutes away to go to therapy, because no one in my town is willing to do it. My husband has to drive 35 minutes to work each day. Others have farther to go, I don't see how it could work.

My first question would be why ration at all? the high prices are nothing more than price gouging by the oil cumpanies,if the government would force the oil cumpanies to show how many wells were capped ( which they will not do ),it would show that there is no shoetage of gas or oil,but they do caps them to keep the prices high. One thing rationing might do,is take us back to the 2nd world war rationing,when everyone found other sources of making cars run.but then,most were even worse for the environment than gas fumes,so is there a benefit to rationing?

I guess it would depend how much gas they gave us...I drive almost 250 miles a week just for work. Then there are other trips...like to give the dogs a bath, go to see Mom & Dad - 350 miles each way. I do not drive much for no reason - but I do like to be able to enjoy myself and do some recreational driving every so often.

I don't think I would support anything of the sort. I pay over £1 for a litre of petrol and I pay road tax and tax on just about everything else. I don't want to be part of a world where I'm told how much I can drive - your neighbour does sound like she's taking things to extremes mind you but personally I think we'd be going backwards if we started things like rationing. If people are just sensible in the first place we might start doing our planet a favour and save ourselves and our future generations' lives in the future...

First off, if she has the money to afford those little gas guzzling trips, then more power to her. Other than the price of gas going up, I didn't realize we had a gas shortage. If you are going to ration gas, is it straight across the board? You going to ration gas to police, fire departments, ambulance companies? Personally, I don't pay that much attention to what my neighbors do, where they go or how much gas they use! As for unnecessary trips, my daughter drove from Virginia to Pa to see me for a week, necessary trip? no, but it sure was fun having her here during my birthday. Driving 25 miles to Micheal's to pick up scrapbook supplies, necessary trip, no, other than it is the closest Micheal's, but I do enjoy doing it about once a month. And are you going to tell all the kids with divorced parents that Daddy can't come pick you up because we have gas rations? Guess you have figured out by now what my take on gas rationing is.

Though this sounds like a good idea. It would cause problems for those that have to travel for work, or the unplaaned trip to the hospital in a town 90 miles away, or the call that you are needed at such and such.. Yes I agree that some do unnecary driving. But who would set the "amounts"

I think gas rationing would be an excellent solution to the expensive gas situation we are in as it would force everyone to cut back on there driving. This would work as long as the amount we would be allowed to drive would be suitable for our everyday routines. Odd Even days to be able to purchase gas or coupons would be fine and I am sure that all that would be needed would be to send a message to the oil companies that we would support this. Maybe this could be done whenever the oil per barrel gets above a certain amount.

I don't think so. It's not really fair to those that can't help having to travel by car. My husband's job can be just a few miles away or it can be 100+ miles away. Would it be fair to him to have such coupons all because he is supporting his family? Once he gets home from work, he usually stays home and leave me to run any errands that need to be made. I try to "kill two birds with one stone" so that I don't have to make any unnecessary trips around town. And heaven forbid what if there was an emergency and a trip in the car was necessary? Then what? It might be good for those that need it, like your neighbor, but to me I see these coupons as causing more harm than good.

What would you do with those people who have to drive out of town to work. My husband drives 45 miles to work and the same back. He then drives to his second job. I on the other had do not drive and have a driver who takes me places twice a week but we usually make a rout so we do not have to double back. If I need to go other places on the days I do not have a driver I then take the bus. I would hate to run out of gas because my husband needs to go to work.

YOur discussion is a thought provoking subject to people like me,belongs to a developing country. I fell If all our cars are fitted with gas cylinders, naturally we have left with no option except to seek ration system. I hope we have to wait for a few years to see this.