[Sunspot]

The plans are being cooked up for energy rationing: link
Ruppert's commentary is good, but for those of you "allergic" to anything remotely resembling "conspiracy", go to the original: link
This is a widely-read, mainstream, one-block-off-the-beltway newspaper.
I'll bet you'll be the first kid on your block to know that a gallon of gas = 9 Carbon Units. A simple fact that everyone may be paying attention to soon.

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')It has to come sooner or later. As oil becomes scarcer and scarcer and price rises higher and higher, pressures will grow for a formal allocation system. Rationing will come, if only to calm the havoc at the gas lines and the social upheavals that are bound to occur as long as rationing is only by price

[BabyPeanut]

*threads merged*

[BabyPeanut]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'S')o is the FCNP an "alternative" paper or a classified advertiser? or both? This is the second time you have quoted from it. It looks mainstream but sounds radical

[BabyPeanut]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'O')utfoxed was great. How do the other two compare? couldn't find the Falls Church paper at cjr.com.

[Eli]

I wonder who he has been talking to? shortage coming?
The reason he listed is funny, those damn oil companys are not making enough product.
Don't panic and no hoarding!

[BabyPeanut]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')Bush blames oil companies for keeping lower inventories than they have in the past and that makes shortages more likely.

[KevO]

so the SHTF: link

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cheney', 'C')onservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.

[DoctorDoom]

I thought these links re. gas rationing during WW2 might be interesting: link and link
Could you get by on 4 gallons per week?

[k_semler]

Sure, as long as they increase my pay by a factor of 3, or Pullman City Councel wouldn't mind me pitching a tent in Reiny Park.

[pilferage]

Four gallons should give me a ~180-200 mile range, so I'm going to say yes assuming the economy is o.k... which it won't be because not everyone else has 3 bicycles and a ~$430 car that gets ~50mpg.
So, no.

[Specop_007]

Specop thinks this could, in the long run, be a fantastic scenario.
What we really need is a shortage of gasoline to "shock and awe" the people of this country off their fatasses, but we need the shortage to be limited in timeframe.
Specop thinks if suddenly everyone was waiting in gas lines for the next week or three, it might really bring awareness to the bigger issue and maybe, hopefully, people would start to realize what the hell is really going on. From that point, we can work on more permanent solutions to the bigger problem at hand. Loves a good Shock and Awe event, Specop_007

[DantesPeak]

Florida will be an important test of how the GWB admistration intends to deal gasoline shortages - who is to blame, what should be done, should government implement price/allcoation controls, will the government issue gas rationing cards, etc..

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DoctorDoom', 'I') thought these links re. gas rationing during WW2 might be interesting: link and link
Could you get by on 4 gallons per week?

[SolarDave]

I would bet there was a HUGE "black market" for gasoline back then. All you have to do is pick up your ration, keep what you need, sell the rest.
People will be selling gallon "cans" to Hummers at stop signs just like they sell papers and wash windows now.

[gego]

Gas rationing by coupon is socialism; equal division of output based on non market mechanisms. This produces stagnation, overconsumption, lack of innovation, and much human suffering.
Rationing based on ability to pay is freedom; unequal division rewarding the most capable. This produces innovation, saving, and human advance within the constraints of nature.
You socialist shoud own up to your need to be taken care of, you feelings of inadequacy, and your negative effect on society in general.

[Free]

Mark my words: It will be business as usual very soon, and afterwards everybody will shrug it off and be happy to forget the shortage as soon as possible.
And it will be seen as a confirmation of the view that "they will save us."
So in my opinion it will be very counterproductive for PO preparation, because it was just another temporary crisis like in the 70ies which went away again, and surely every crisis in the future will be like that. An oil shock, a spike blah blah blah.

[The_Toecutter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')ush blames oil companies for keeping lower inventories than they have in the past and that makes shortages more likely.