POLL: would you vote for/against rationing gas?

[Lifer]

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.

well, there's no immediate shortage yet, but if there becomes...
other technologies just aren't good enough yet.

 

[LAUST]

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

 

[MrColin]

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.

 

[Kadarin]

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.

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.