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Biden Plunges the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Into Crisis
townhall.com ^ | 10/19/2022 1030 hrs edt | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 10/19/2022 9:20:40 AM PDT by rktman

President Joe Biden is expected to announce yet another depletion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve from the White House Wednesday afternoon under the guise it will "lower prices" for American families.

"The President will deliver remarks on additional actions to strengthen energy security and lower costs," the official White House schedule states.

During Tuesday's White House briefing, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was vague about the details of the announcement, but touted previous releases from the SPR and blamed price increases on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidenadm; spr; whosincontrol
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Oh, releasing 14-15 million bbls! Considering that our usage is approx 18 million bbl/day............ ⛽😵‍💫🤡 Now the SPR is less than half full........ Fokkin' idjits! If joementia really wants to "end fossil fuel" he'd NOT release any SPR oil and tell America to tighten their belts and suck it up. Besides, the economy is strong as hell!
1 posted on 10/19/2022 9:20:40 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

Just needs it to keep prices down until the mid terms.


2 posted on 10/19/2022 9:26:20 AM PDT by parmamenian (and so it goes!)
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To: rktman

How much is being sold overseas?


3 posted on 10/19/2022 9:26:33 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: rktman

Draining the SPR for selfish political reasons is an impeachable offense. It’s going to be simple to prove this fact. Not to mention, gas prices are going to sky rocket on Nov 9.


4 posted on 10/19/2022 9:26:35 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul ("..)
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To: rktman

Maybe Biden’s NOT doing this to get democrats elected - maybe he’s doing it to help his benefactors in China...


5 posted on 10/19/2022 9:28:03 AM PDT by GOPJ (Trump EARNED his money. Democrats steal theirs from taxpayers. It's why they hate Trump.)
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To: rktman

It’s about empty. “It all seeped back into the earth.”
Why would we believe anything anymore?


6 posted on 10/19/2022 9:28:46 AM PDT by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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It's his plan, not an accident.

Stifle production, increase cost, eliminate reserves, use the resulting energy crisis to pretend fake renewables are a solution.

Don't fall for the fake support for the nuclear power option. They have years to pull the plug on that alternative.

see my tagline:

7 posted on 10/19/2022 9:31:34 AM PDT by G Larry (Population Control means Killing Billions, not "limiting growth".)
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To: parmamenian

No matter how bad it is for the country, the democrats will do it. How many times has the media reported that trump wanted to refill the reserve and democrats blocked it? Not once. If the MSM doesn’t report on it, it never happened.


8 posted on 10/19/2022 9:34:01 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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Yep. Using our SPR to buy votes instead of keeping us safe in times of crisis.

What a forking arsehole. Everything he has done this year is all about buying votes.


9 posted on 10/19/2022 9:35:17 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The “I” in Democrat stands for “Integrity.”)
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To: Tench_Coxe

I bet that after the elections, fuel prices are going to go way up. Biden’s promise of a long cold winter will come true. I also think he will continue to drain the SPR to weaken our country further.


10 posted on 10/19/2022 9:40:12 AM PDT by Texas resident ( Let's Go Brandon)
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Prices down? Not here. Like I said, around $5.29 to $5.89 in our area.


11 posted on 10/19/2022 9:40:58 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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Stupid press needs to ask why the midterm elections are considered an “emergency” worth further depletion of the STR.

Follow ups: When and how will the STR be refilled? What will it cost to refill it? How long will it take? Where will the refill oil come from?


12 posted on 10/19/2022 9:43:58 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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“Prices down? Not here. Like I said, around $5.29 to $5.89 in our area.”

You’ve got something localized going on. Average USA price as of 10/14 (latest available):

$3.92


13 posted on 10/19/2022 9:47:15 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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Uncle Sugar should have built 2 refineries next to the SPR and contracted out their operations. That way the oil can be refined on site and put into the economy.

What he’s is doing is skimming off the top of the bulk overseas oil sales and most right-thinking Americans understand this.


14 posted on 10/19/2022 9:47:26 AM PDT by shotgun
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Bidens doing this to force green energy usuage.....just part of his game to shut out nation down again.


15 posted on 10/19/2022 9:49:46 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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Biden’s under the mistaken impression ‘out there’ is a green perpetual motion machine - and if he and his thugs put enough pressure on engineers they’ll make it work for him.

Biden is wrong.

To date NONE of the so called ‘green’ alternatives work - well, except for nuclear energy... which actually produces more energy than it costs to make and maintain.


16 posted on 10/19/2022 9:56:00 AM PDT by GOPJ (Trump EARNED his money. Democrats steal theirs from taxpayers. It's why they hate Trump.)
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To: granite

How much free gas did the. Biden fami!y get?

When was the last time Hunter filled his tank?


17 posted on 10/19/2022 9:58:36 AM PDT by Liz (MAN PROPOSES.......... GOD DISPOSES )
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To: rktman

If the releases were to lower prices, why did we sell some of it China?


18 posted on 10/19/2022 10:03:10 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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Just needs it to keep prices down until the mid terms.

Too late. Nearing $5/gal again here in N.E. HELLINOIS. Prices up over 80 cents/gal near me in the last two weeks. People are really bitching again, and the "I did that!" stickers with Biden on them are re-appearing.

19 posted on 10/19/2022 10:05:54 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: SaxxonWoods

Absent from any media source... anywhere. Therefore, you know the answer, it’s what I’d classify as “Silently Rhetorical”.


20 posted on 10/19/2022 10:06:16 AM PDT by Brown Bag Special (Trust but VERIFY )
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