fuel rationing
Limited gas distribution
Fuel rationing is a system of government-imposed limits on how much fuel individuals or businesses can purchase, typically implemented during wartime or supply crises.
Rationing may use coupons, quotas, or price controls to distribute scarce resources equitably: Fuel rationing during World War II meant civilians couldn't drive for pleasure.
- quotasMandated numerical limits
- strategic reservesAssets saved for emergencies
- allocationDistribution of shares
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- price controlsMandated limits on charges
ration books · shortage · black markets · scarcity · carpooling · distribution networks · 1970s · queue · filling station · coupons · gas lines · long lines · oil crisis · siphoning · energy crises · war effort · energy conservation · government intervention
- postwar economicsMarshall Plan, economic recovery, currency reform, Wirtschaftswunder, recovery programs
- wartimewar economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations, home front
- Energy Crisisoil shortage, gas shortage, power outage, rolling blackout, oil embargo
- war supportwar bonds, victory gardens, rations, Red Cross, volunteers
- Wartime Homefronthomefront, war production, victory gardens, war bonds, blackout drills
- WWII Homefrontwar bonds, victory gardens, war effort, ration books, scrap drives
fuel rationingoverconsumption
Excessive use of resources
gas guzzling · conspicuous consumption · no limits · extravagance · excess