Start of Gasoline Rationing

Date: July 22, 1942 • Location: Washington, United States

The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.

Gasoline or petrol is a petrochemical product, a transparent, yellowish and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines. It is chemically composed of organic compounds derived from the fractional distillation of petroleum and later chemically enhanced with gasoline additives. It is a high-volume profitable product produced in crude oil refineries.