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Originally Posted by ASU2003
Yes they would. Maybe a test shutdown of all gas production would get people's attention to how dependent we are on the stuff.
Well, except for the Amish, they don't care. It would be a good idea for us to come up with new ways of doing everything as if oil doesn't exist.
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My SO is studying to be a chemical/environmental engineer, and so he has a good knowledge of what, precisely, around our house comes from oil. We've been slowly replacing disposable items in our household that use petrochemicals with reusable items that do not, and reusing what plastics we can instead of recycling (plastic recycling in our area is a joke--they pack it up and ship it off to China to be burned).
No, I would not support gasoline rationing. Eventually we will reach a point where people will be forced to find an alternative means to get around, to package their lunch, to fertilize their crops. I can't say that's a bad thing. We're going to go through some awful growing pains in the process, trying to figure out how to change from a fossil-fuel driven society to something else entirely. Personally, I'll just keep riding my bike, reusing my plastics, and buying organic produce.