<![CDATA[This isn't getting enough attention.]]>This isn't getting enough attention.
The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is at its lowest level since 1983. Why?
Trump and the GOP have been selling it off to try to keep oil prices low and artificially hide the real impact of the Iran War.

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This is not the behavior of an administration that cares about consequences. I wonder why?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mjack/statuses/117156648721099283https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mjack/statuses/117156648721099283Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:36:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:13:19 GMT]]>@OutOfSpace @petergleick

At the current draw, it should last till the midterms, barely. The SPR has a Defense Department certified floor of ~243 million barrels. Below that floor it's not oil, but sludge. As of last week we pulled 3.7 million barrels, down to 289.7 mmb. If we keep pulling that much it will last another 12 weeks.

We're on track to pull maybe 19 mmb in August, or about one day of oil for the U.S. or about 3% of our oil burn.

https://www.spr.doe.gov/dir/dir.html

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kralcttam/statuses/117156557615463769https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kralcttam/statuses/117156557615463769Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:13:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:10:16 GMT]]>@petergleick it's actually somewhat worse than that. Back in March Exxon were given permission to tap the strategic oil reserve (and profit from higher prices) on the proviso that they then more than replaced it later, expecting costs to be lower (ooh, more profit for Exxon) https://www.energy.gov/articles/united-states-release-172-million-barrels-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve

What will be interesting is when it gets replenished and at what cost.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cupoftea.social/ap/users/117004297297375525/statuses/117156545562187805https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cupoftea.social/ap/users/117004297297375525/statuses/117156545562187805Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:10:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:45:28 GMT]]>@petergleick if they can keep the hustle going long enough they can blame the Democrats post midterms for gas prices

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/luxmoore/statuses/117156448045846592https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/luxmoore/statuses/117156448045846592Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:45:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:26:57 GMT]]>@petergleick @heuveltop Please start the y-axis at 0

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/haayman/statuses/117156375286006550https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/haayman/statuses/117156375286006550Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:26:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:01:50 GMT]]>@roadskater @petergleick

As Dean Blundell wrote: "Trump is fighting a two-front war, one against Iran, with an oil reserve at a 44-year low, and one against the country that fills the reserve. The last man who tried a two-front war against people who wouldn’t quit had a bunker in Berlin."

It's well worth reading the whole thing.

(Substack scolds: I'm not interested in your purity antics.)

https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/you-have-no-idea-who-youre-dealing

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/bodhipaksa/statuses/117156276508513962https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/bodhipaksa/statuses/117156276508513962Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:01:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:32:27 GMT]]>@petergleick Why didn't they wait until later to wag the dog?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mimblewimble/statuses/117155689082632363https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mimblewimble/statuses/117155689082632363Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:32:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:25:14 GMT]]>@petergleick Trump started a war with Iran which every analyst worth their salt said would result in Hormuz getting closed. Didn't even bother filling up the tank first.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Infoseepage/statuses/117155660739145791https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Infoseepage/statuses/117155660739145791Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:25:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:22:06 GMT]]>@petergleick

Through the midterms.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/MrBranch40/statuses/117155648434378927https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/MrBranch40/statuses/117155648434378927Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:22:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:17:19 GMT]]>@petergleick something what somebody stated 23 years ago in a book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Empire

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fettekette/statuses/117155629600114240https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fettekette/statuses/117155629600114240Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:17:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:17:18 GMT]]>@roadskater @petergleick oh shit yeah that's right that's where the other non Middle Eastern Imports came from. That was a real dumb fucking move on his part

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/fluffykittycat/statuses/117155629538754032https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/fluffykittycat/statuses/117155629538754032Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:17:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:09:53 GMT]]>@petergleick When Trump was begging European countries for help in the war with Iraq, he claimed that the US had plenty of its own oil. Someone was lying.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/morton/statuses/117155600386431461https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/morton/statuses/117155600386431461Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:09:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:47:24 GMT]]>@petergleick Going the way of Russia, I see

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/ap/users/115628614496668967/statuses/117155511950560327https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/ap/users/115628614496668967/statuses/117155511950560327Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:47:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:34:15 GMT]]>@Niall @petergleick The (L) means left here. Check the source before commenting.
https://en.macromicro.me/charts/41674/us-strategic-petroleum-reserve

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117093439220878062/statuses/117155460272854278https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117093439220878062/statuses/117155460272854278Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:34:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:14:48 GMT]]>@Landa

I would have bet that the power yield of the gas electricity generator and battery charger is lower than the one of a gas motor.

@SuperMoosie @petergleick

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/117155383802110818https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/117155383802110818Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:14:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:09:43 GMT]]>@tanavit

Even in a country creating electricity solely through natural gas, the amount of CO2 blasted into the air and the amount of money blasted into fossil fuel companies' coffers would be strictly less for the same distance travelled.

@SuperMoosie @petergleick

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://graz.social/users/Landa/statuses/117155363795105496https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://graz.social/users/Landa/statuses/117155363795105496Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:09:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:56:26 GMT]]>@petergleick this is fake news. US would never measure its strategic reserve in liters. Unless that line represents possum-bushels I will refuse to believe it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/Niall/statuses/117155311562278977https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/Niall/statuses/117155311562278977Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:56:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:53:59 GMT]]>@draNgNon @petergleick hope so 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/Niall/statuses/117155301933509718https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/Niall/statuses/117155301933509718Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:53:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:46:05 GMT]]>@petergleick

How long will they be able to hold it up? Till the midterms?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://berlin.social/users/OutOfSpace/statuses/117155034895462937https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://berlin.social/users/OutOfSpace/statuses/117155034895462937Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:46:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:31:39 GMT]]>@oliver_schafeld @petergleick US Strategic Oil Reserve at it's. lowest level since it was initially being filled; never drawn down to this level ever before per energyfactbook.com

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/481632/statuses/117154978164544191https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/481632/statuses/117154978164544191Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:31:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:15:05 GMT]]>@petergleick I am starting to wonder, more and more, if Trump will not go down in history as forcing the world to abandon fossil fuels.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/draNgNon/statuses/117154913009445312https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/draNgNon/statuses/117154913009445312Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:15:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:45:15 GMT]]>@petergleick I really thought the people who have their head in the sand would start to finally realize something was going on when oil prices shot up.

But, of course, they thought of that. Once again destroying tomorrow for the sake of their benefits today. Either by the time it's too late they will have fully consolidated power and democracy is no more or it will become the problem of Democrats if people vote like they want to still be alive next year.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/117154795706496244https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/117154795706496244Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:45:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:44:56 GMT]]>@SuperMoosie @petergleick

How do you produce electricity, in a country which intend to forbid renewable energy ?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/117154794451510906https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/117154794451510906Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:44:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This isn't getting enough attention. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:29:55 GMT]]>Threatening everyone — and especially their friends — with war and annexation, while running out of rockets and fuel.

At least there's no (discernible) method behind the madness 😵‍💫🙂‍↔️😖

US Strategic Petroleum Reserve: https://energyfactbook.com/strategic-petroleum-reserve/

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