For a counterpoint, see here: <a href="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/11/why-does-odd-evengas-rationing-work/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/11/why-does-odd-evengas-ra...</a><p>"And post Hurricane Sandy, we have the issue of Government mandated gasoline rationing. On any given day, 50% of customers cannot legally tank up their cars due to the last digit of the license plate number.<p>Experience in NJ and NY shows that rationing has worked tremendously well. Gas lines have gone from 3 hours down to [crossed-out]15 minutes[/crossed-out] nothing, even as many stations still have no power and fuel deliveries are not back to normal."