Should petrol supplies be limited?

Imagine a time when petrol supplies are strictly rationed to help combat global warming.

In such a world, a country’s annual quota could mean prices sky-rocketing towards the end of the year as supplies dwindle, before crashing back down again in January.
It would certainly reduce Christmas trips to visit relatives, while roads would likely be gridlocked at the start of each year.

Such a system might seem unworkable – or at least unpalatable – but it is being seriously proposed by Dublin-based think tank, the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (Feasta).

And to help get the public on board, under their plans every adult citizen would be able to make some money from the scheme – at least before they are stung by soaring prices at the pumps.

BBC