Now they want to ration petrol: MPs back token scheme as prices are set to hit 8 a gallon by the summer Households would be given tokens for fuel in home and cars Surplus units could be sold and extra tokens bought A petrol rationing programme has been proposed by MPs as prices look likely to soar to 8 a gallon this summer. Households would be given a set number of free energy 'tokens' which would be offset against any fuel burnt in a vehicle or at home, under the proposals made by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil. Under the Tradable Energy Quotas programme, surplus energy units could be sold and extra tokens bought. Now they want to ration petrol: MPs back token scheme as prices are set to hit 8 a gallon by the summer Households would be given tokens for fuel in home and cars Surplus units could be sold and extra tokens bought A petrol rationing programme has been proposed by MPs as prices look likely to soar to 8 a gallon this summer. Households would be given a set number of free energy 'tokens' which would be offset against any fuel burnt in a vehicle or at home, under the proposals made by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil. Under the Tradable Energy Quotas programme, surplus energy units could be sold and extra tokens bought. Are they seriously suggesting it's going to go from 5.90 a gallon to 8 a gallon