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Which of these would you have the most trouble rationing?

Imagine in the not so distant future, global warming, over-population, pandemics and economic collapse have forced society to cope with massive shortages of almost every type of resource. The government imposes a system of rationing to try to make the sharing of these limited resources as fair as possible. This would be similar to what happened during World War II.

Which of the resources listed do you think you'd have the most trouble rationing?



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15water
12electricity
9food
5fuel
2clothing

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labjog Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 21-Jun-2009 8:48am  
Water, everything else I could make do. I would hate to have my water rationed!! OMG, I'm thirsty just thinking about it.
Cain
posted 21-Jun-2009 9:54am  
Probably water - no more half hour long showers....
Irene007 Survey Central Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 21-Jun-2009 10:54am  
#1 Water
#2 Food
#3 Electricity
#4 Fuel
#5 Clothing
Irene007 Survey Central Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to labjog) posted 21-Jun-2009 10:55am  
> Water, everything else I could make do. I would hate to have my water
> rationed!! OMG, I'm thirsty just thinking about it.

I'm drinking from the ubiquitous glass of water as I type this...
autumnlight
posted 21-Jun-2009 11:16am  
Food, no question. Eating and preparing food is a hobby for me, not just for when I'm hungry.
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 21-Jun-2009 11:37am  
Electricity would probably be the most difficult to work around. Clothing would make me the saddest, though, because I really like clothes. But maybe I'd have fun swapping and remaking things.
Galomorro Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 21-Jun-2009 12:28pm  
Water for my plants and to make my herb tea; food; electricity for my computer. "Fuel" is not applicable to me.
LJD Survey Qualifier
posted 21-Jun-2009 12:53pm  
Water, for drinking and cleanliness, food for nutrients and survival
southernyankee
posted 21-Jun-2009 2:14pm  
electricity, fuel, water.

Me loves to take long showers everyday, drive to places (preferably driving aggressively), and my airconditioning. I rarely buy new cloths and I could use a little less food and (hopefully) even lose weight.
labjog Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to Irene007) posted 21-Jun-2009 11:22pm  
Slurp  * laughing out loud *
Irene007 Survey Central Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to labjog) posted 22-Jun-2009 2:55pm  
Uh.... Now it's a beer!  * winking raspberry *

I'm painting my deck and it's hot as hell so I thought I would cool down a bit in my office and chech out SC!
jettles Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 22-Jun-2009 11:04pm  
i think i could do pretty well with all of these but i guess water would be the hardest!
coffee5437 Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 25-Jun-2009 3:39pm  
I must have electricity for internet! I am sure I would be completely tramatized w/o it.

But seriously, Matthew 6:25-34 "...27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? ...34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 27-Jun-2009 10:46am  
chocolate.


I guess that would be food. i can make something last a long time, the trouble is eating it before it gets rotten. Alot of stuff goes rotten because I don't eat it. So what's the point? Canned beans even go rotten in my house. I had a can of tomato sauce I stuck the can opener in it and as soon as it broke the metal lid, tomato sauce started spraying out full force until I could cover it and stick it in the sink. It loked like a freaking blood bath in the kitchen. I was covered, the floors and so on. Nasty. the date was about 2005, it still should have been good, so I don't know what the hell happened there.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 28-Jun-2009 12:53am  
Possible companion survey: Which of these would you have the most trouble rationalizing?
batko
posted 2-Jul-2009 4:38am  
I'm a student but unlike most students I live as spartan a life as I can bear because my parents do not supply me with any additional money. I'm incredibly thorough in my weekly analysis of what i need to buy as opposed to what I want to buy. Electricity would be the most difficult, I guess I would try and revert as much as possible to solid fuel fires, but electricity powers so many of the comforts and essentials of modern life- lighting, heating, telecommunications, computers. All the other stuff can be procured by some applied thinking. You can grow and hunt food yourself, cut down on fuel by not using a car, as for clothes- I lived off friend's hand-downs as a kid so I don't see why as adults we can just swap stuff around. I mean how many pairs of trousers do you really need? Especially if the world's gone to pot.
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