rationing

New York City and Long Island today instituted temporary fuel rationing, with drivers only allowed to buy gasoline on alternate days. Starting at 6 am tomorrow, vehicles with odd numbers on their license plates can buy fuel on odd-numbered days; even numbers can buy on even-numbered days. The two counties on Long Island, Suffolk and Nassau, will start the same program tomorrow at 5 pm. The move follows similar rules in New Jersey, where drivers are still waiting in long lines to fuel their cars in many parts of the state. The rationing was announced today by New York City mayor Michael...