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To: DustyMoment

In previous administrations, oil from the SPR has been used to counter OPEC's influence on gas prices

Never happened.

U.S. Petroleum Reserves > SPR Facts & Frequent Questions
See Past Sales and Past Exchanges:
http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/reserves/spr/spr-facts.html

52 posted on 03/10/2008 10:45:30 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)

To: thackney

Never happened.

Actually, it did in the 70s and 80s during the so-called "oil embargoes". Your website conveniently stops at the early 90s.

55 posted on 03/10/2008 10:55:10 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)

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