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title: Don't Waste Here the Fuel You Save at Home
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-dont-waste-here-the-fuel-you-save-at-home-1942/
description: Large white block capitals on a red splash tell workers not to waste fuel at the factory that households are saving at home.
section: Collection
---

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[![Don't Waste Here the Fuel You Save at Home, 1942 UK poster: Large white block capitals on a red splash tell workers not](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-dont-waste-here-the-fuel-you-save-at-home-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-dont-waste-here-the-fuel-you-save-at-home-1942.jpg)

# Don't Waste Here the Fuel You Save at Home

Large white block capitals on a red splash tell workers not to waste fuel at the factory that households are saving at home. The tell is the line 'Everyone is burning less Fuel', which presents saving as what everyone is already doing.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
DON'T WASTE
HERE
THE FUEL
YOU SAVE
AT HOME
Everyone is burning less Fuel to give YOU
MORE POWER for YOUR
VITAL WAR WORK
(F.1176). Wt.25354. 10000. 8/42 Gp.961. FOSH & CROSS LTD.
ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER
```

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