Actually, we SHOULD sell the oil to the highest bidder, as that will drive the price down, and then we can refill the Reserve at the lower cost when there is surplus supply.
That’s how the market for crude oil works.
Otherwise, we’ll be filling the Reserve with the oil @ market price at present.
Unless, of course, you just wanna go full on Socialist or Fascist.
I just remember someone on here mentioning how low the Strategic Oil Reserves are and I was perplexed wondering why they weren’t being refilled as they mentioned the extra Venezulean oil and Iran oil is just being sold, meanwhile gas is still at $3.99 in Florida