It is the action of reducing the consumption of a certain product, especially those such as energy and water, as well as food. It appears as a solution in situations of tragedy or with few inputs. The type of rationing most seen in recent decades is electricity, as a result of climate damage and the waste of natural resources used in its production, and water, taking into account that only 1% of total water in The land is sweet and must be distributed to 7,376,471,981 million people, in addition to allowing other second- need activities.
During the time of World War II, food rations were present in the countries involved, in Germany it was at the end of the War due to transport problems, but the United Kingdom Exports between 70% and 85% of inputs produced, for what the axis countries attacked the exporting ships to make the economy of the allied country weak.
During major catastrophes, such as earthquakes or tsunamis, food is scarce or cannot be fully purchased, so a certain consumption regime per person is imposed while the region fully recovers from the disaster. As during bad economic situations, as it can be during a dictatorship with poor administration.
Nowadays, plans are being devised that contribute to not wasting and rationing the natural resources that we have on earth -such as trees-, since these are used to produce all kinds of consumer products for humans, also the exaggerated use of the electricity, which are used in ordinary daily life quite frequently, as is the pollution that arises from them.