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POLL: would you vote for/against rationing gas?

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Originally posted by: OffTopic
I don't see why there is a need for rationing. Let the gas price rise to fit the demand, and that would make it lucrative for new technologies/research for other energy source.
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well, there's no immediate shortage yet, but if there becomes...
other technologies just aren't good enough yet.
 
use it up quick, force us to go to hydrogen, it's been there for years but the companies just vanish into thin air for some reason 😕
 
The marketplace is by far a more efficient regulator of consumption than any govt. action. Alot of people will be hurting if there is a crisis, car pooling and smaller cars would help a little, but we're all single-passenger SUV driving fools in the US.
 
Originally posted by: OffTopic
I don't see why there is a need for rationing. Let the gas price rise to fit the demand, and that would make it lucrative for new technologies/research for other energy source.
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I agree. Let the free market work here.

Does gas need to be rationed? In cases of national emergency or actual shortage, maybe. However, I suspect (as always) that current gas prices are a result of oil industry "cartel" behavior.
 
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