Almost 40 per cent of the public would welcome a return to World War II-style rationing for meat and fuel in order to help fight climate change, a new study reveals.

In May of 1942, states began rationing gasoline to support the war effort, and drivers were limited to just 3 gallons of gas per week. How many of us could survive on that today?

Today many people follow vegetarian, vegan and a variety of eclectic diets, but before World War II meals were commonly based on the meat and two veg philosophy. And so food rationing, which began ...