Are you willing to be inconvenienced to reduce dependancy on foreign oil countries?

Question

In WW2, gas was rationed to reduce demand for rubber for non defense tires.
In this period that is leading the US surely into being dominated by oil producing foreigners we could stand to be rationed to reduce the demand for foreign oil and the tremdous movement of dollars to our enemies who then use those dollars to buy property, companies and politicians to our ultimate subjugation.

Answer 1

Rationing can lead to problems if you try to make the rationing "fair". There are too many industries that have workers who commute too far to ration equally to everyone. If you want a ration, that is fine. But you would have to operate it by only allowing a certain amount of gasoline to be sold, and let the price dictate who gets it. Those who need it the most will be willing to pay the most, and those who don't rely as heavily on it will find a cheaper alternative.

However, consider this. Most times, countries that actively trade with each other are less likely to go to war with each other. If both know that their economy is dependent upon the other, destroying the other's economy would not be in their best interest. Now in the US's case, we just like to be the bully and try to take the resources and control the other countries economy, much like we are doing now in the aid for oil scheme in Iraq. Once we have a less imperialistic leader, this will likely change.

Answer 2

I wouldn't mind if the gas was rationed.

I think they should have done that a long time ago.

Answer 3

The question is, will you pay the price of alternative fuels?

How much does a hydrogen car and infrastructure cost?