On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 13:39:07 -0400, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>When you use the word 'rationing', do you mean that people were careful
>with food and didn't waste anything? Or am I missing something?


during World War II, the US Government needed tanks and bombers to
kill the enemy, the car factories in Detroit were converted to war
production. My Grandfather purchased a new car just before they
stopped making them so the value of his car went so high that he sold
it and started walking. Foodstuffs were rationed so that the military
could supply the troops. You could only buy so much gas for your car
per week. The Army needed gas in their jeeps and trucks to pull
artillery across Europe to kill enemy forces. America had to build
296,000 warplanes to defeat her enemies. They shot down our planes and
we had to send more. It was terrible. Finally, they gave up.

William