[Puppage]

They know I am a conservative and continually say the President should step in

How? Like Bill Klinton did by releasing the Strategic Oil Reserves in a last ditch effort to get Al Bore elected?

Yeah, THAT worked wonders. The price of oil really fell after that.

[TexasCajun]

High energy cost for gasoline, natural gas, heating oil is a "nuisance" and not an emergency. When we import about 70% of it, the reserves should be saved for our military!

We don't want to replenish the reserves when commodity prices are at a all time high.