Poll of the Day > Could you get by with an "A" gas ration sticker? (4 gallons/week)

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From 1942 until the end of WWII, the US government distributed ration stickers that determined how much gasoline you could purchase. Along with the sticker for you car, you would receive a book of ration coupons which you would hand in when buying gas.

The most common was the "A" sticker, which entitled you to up to 4 gallons of gas per week. "B" stickers were generally issued to workers who car pooled; this was limited to 8 gallons per week. "C" stickers were for essential professions, such as doctors, nurses, dentists, priests, mailmen, farmers, construction/maintenance workers, and soldiers. "D" stickers were used for motorcycles.

There were also "E" stickers for emergency vehicles (police, fire, etc), "R" for off-road machinery (tractors, combines, etc), "T" for truckers, and the controversial "X" which allowed unlimited gasoline, usually given to VIPs.

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Not a chance. My pickup gets 17 miles a gallon so I'm using about 1.5 a day getting to and from work. My work truck is similar and I'll put more mileage on that during the week, plus maybe a loader that chews through diesel. Forklift is on propane though and that does pretty decently.

No car right now, but in general no.

4 gallons a week?

sure, we probably could manage to get by somehow, but

whenever we get an ev, sure absolutely

My car has a 9 gallon tank and I fill up on average about once every 6 weeks.

what car is this

ConfusedTorchic posted...

what car is this

2014 smartcar.

That would not be enough. 35 miles round trip for work 5 days a week. Averaging 33 mpg, but could get it up a bit to make it 4 full days. But I'm not getting my mpg high enough for 5 days of work.

I could do it but I work from home

ConfusedTorchic posted...

4 gallons a week?

sure, we probably could manage to get by somehow, but

whenever we get an ev, sure absolutely

We don't want that. People are not thinking about the grid and we have plenty of oil. The government is trying to downplay the oil we have but we have plenty of it that's not being used.

Fuck no.

how efficient were cars of the era so we can adjust for scale

Pretty easily. I don't have much data on our current usage because my girlfriend just started a new job a couple weeks ago and is now driving to work instead of walking (~10 km round trip, but in traffic, so not great gas mileage), but before that I'd typically only put ~30 litres (~8 gal) into my car once every month or so. I'm fairly certain that even now we could still get away with only 4 gallons a week without making any changes, but there's also plenty of room to make changes as needed (driving to work isn't entirely necessary for her, we could cut Costco out of our grocery routine and save a ~19 km trip every other week).

Really, if she weren't driving to work, we could easily get away with a carshare instead of owning a car. We bought this one at Covid's peak, though, so carsharing wasn't the most attractive prospect, plus she's bouncing between contracts and it's hard to predict whether or not she'll need to drive to a given job (this one's certainly walkable, but she's had others that absolutely were not), so we kind of had to buy one. Hopefully our situation will be more amenable to just not having a car by the next time we're looking for one.

Lokarin posted...

how efficient were cars of the era so we can adjust for scale

Presumably quite a bit less efficient, but it's also worth noting that this was before the postwar boom in car-infested infrastructure that still defines so much of North American city design. In the 40's, most city neighbourhoods were still largely walkable and had functional transit systems, so people didn't necessarily need cars for everyday life the way so many do now.

MagicalPrincess posted...

We don't want that. People are not thinking about the grid and we have plenty of oil. The government is trying to downplay the oil we have but we have plenty of it that's not being used.

big fucking deal, electric is better in every single way to fuel.

I drive about 45 miles round trip for work, and my car gets 40-45 MPG, so I'd actually be okay if I didn't go anywhere else.

Even better is just not designing everything around everyone having cars, since electric cars solve absolutely none of the infrastructure and safety issues that are inherent in the current car-centric design paradigm, but electric does at least make cars less smelly and noisy (though for sensible cars that don't deliberately make a ridiculous amount of noise for no reason, once you get above ~30 mph/50 km/h the tires generally make more noise than the engine, so electric cars aren't actually quieter at higher speeds).

I could probably get by on an A rank stickers if I changed everything (work isnt far, and the store is around the corner) But I guess Id be essential, and would get the C rank sticker

i don't drive i doubt my caretakers could get by

My wife and I both work from home so we barely use any gas. If we still worked in office it would be trickier, although we worked at the same place so we might qualify for a B.

I'ma walker, if it's 4-5 blocks awyw i walk knfalxnkfldngflkdnsfkdaf

At that point I'll just dole out cash for a bus/subway pass and walk to closer places.

I usually fill up my 16 gallon tank once every 1.5-2 weeks so no, I couldn't

My current job has me doing doing a 42 mile round trip to the office and back, M-F, so no. I burn through about 60% of my tank just doing that drive a week (about 7 gallons), so I'd run out by week 3 I think.

As long as I dont mow the yard. Not sure how many mpgs our pickup gets but our Model 3 should be fine.

Lokarin posted...

how efficient were cars of the era so we can adjust for scale

15 MPG

No. I live in a rural area so theres no public transport. Im a safety inspector for the government though, so theoretically I wouldve probably qualified for the C sticker.

inspect me daddy

Im writing you a noncompliance report for being dirty.

So, I can go from A to B if I just pick up one coworker?

I deliver pizza. I go through 12-24 gallons a week.

I could probably bike back and forth from my weekend job, but I would still be buying 15-20 gallons a week for my full-time job

With my current job and car, I'd need more. Currently using 13-14 gallons every two weeks.

I don't think so. Almost everywhere required driving.

If I could work remotely, I absolutely could get by on that.

dboy11368 posted...

So, I can go from A to B if I just pick up one coworker?

Car pool was 3 people.

I drive 30 min to work everyday so no.