Just on electric cars,

Our niece in NZ has a Tesla, gets 2 hours a day free charge at home, but is required to buy kilometres of driving, I thinks its like $700 for 10,000km. Also the servicing on the Tesla is very expensive, and its always requiring new tyres for example. The original purchase price was about $60k I believe. I'm all for electric cars, but there has to be incentives for people to buy and operate them.

p/s They also have a 2nd little petrol car, for hubby to drive to work, about 20 minutes, with petrol over $3lt got himself an electric bike, great in the summer, but if you know the winters in NZ you might think twice about riding a bike to work.

Just came across this, modern fuel rationing using QR codes linked to vehicle rego
http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Explainer-Sri-Lanka-Fuel-QR-Code-System-Complete-Guide-to-Register-Download-and-Fuel-Quotas/108-335342

Sri Lanka has implemented a QR Code-based National Fuel Authorization System for fuel distribution across the country, requiring vehicle owners to obtain a registered QR code before purchasing fuel from filling stations.
Under this system, fuel will not be issued from any filling station without a valid QR code linked to a registered vehicle.
The system is designed to manage fuel distribution during ongoing supply pressures and ensure that available fuel is allocated fairly among vehicle owners.

A relative has an MG4 electric car that he is very happy with.
He has a large number pf photocells and a couple of ex PMG lithium
batteries which he uses to charge his car.
He only ever charges it when home.
He is down the Sth Coast on a touring holiday at present and at most
motels he just uses his "granny" charger plugged into his motel room.
Had a phone call to say traffic on the road very light because of the
petrol situation. Some servos got pump not in use signs for some
grades.
EV drivers will be very happy chappies !

I wonder what they will do with fuel rationing.

I reckon if they are to do it, then it should be QR code matched to registration, which would make it a state managed thing with federal assistance and oversight.

I'd maybe give private vehicles a limit.
40 litres a week with the first 20 litres free of fuel excise and the second 20 litres double fuel excise..
So if you limit your usage to a minumum it costs less.

If people use less, the government gets a little less excise but the fuel gets shared around between everyone more.

Increase the limit for business vehicles depending on the usage.

If they make it a $ amount fuel limit people will be buying fuel, going home siphoning it out and then going back for more.

As Trump continues his war of aggression in the Middle East, cutting off fuel supplies to "friendly" Australia, China has come to our rescue, with the delivery of tanker loads of much need aviation fuel.

WHEN YOU HAVE A GREAT FRIEND LIKE AMERICA, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES!

As Trump thrashes about in his war of aggression, he has had the audacity to criticise "friendly" Australia for not getting involved in his murderous war. Other than a couple of NAZI style despots like Netanyahu, Trump has no friends!

Sooner are later if it continues all private use cars will be banned.
Re food, there was a plan in emergency planning that food would only
transported to the extremities of the electric train network.
There was still a lot of single decker red rattlers available at the
time and the seats were to be all removed and they would be loaded
by market agents to bring food such as fresh food to suburban stations
where is would be picked up by local supermarkets and green grocers.
The agents who travel on the train would handle the charging for food.

That was when the last petrol crisis was getting bad.
It all ended before it was implemented.
The plan is probably sitting in Emergency Management NSW office.