[count-your-change]

Let's fast forward about a year: There's a new president and he wants to show that he's different from the former.
What to do? Why..Let's sell the oil in SPR! The money can go to developing alternative fuels, a brief reduction of the federal fuel tax, and toss in some children's health care. But the new pres. says the economic situation is so dire that he can't wait on a cranky congress so he does it by executive order. Best of all, it reduces the deficit by the $25 million needed to maintain the SPR. Who shall be the beneficiary of this potential largess?
Think it can't happen? I'm losing my ability to be surprised. If coal can be locked by fiat, oil can be unlocked up by same.

[RightWhale]

SPR wouldn’t go far, and it would be tragic if something happened later and that wasn’t available. A National emergency could come along at any time and it wouldn’t be prudent, might endanger the existence of the country to fail to look ahead even that little bit.