I read in the paper this morning that he plans to drain another 22 million barrels in FY23.
Big whoop!
that’s less than two days worth of USA consumption!!!
https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/united-states/oil-consumption
Yeah, that’s probably true.
But the strategic oil reserve purpose is to fuel the military in an emergency, not the USA when gas prices become unpalatable.
22 million barrels is a lot of fighter jet gas.
Further, these caverns are not steel storage tanks. They cannot be emptied and refilled that many times before they’re ruined.