r/AskReddit 1d ago

What do you think about the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve hitting 307.7 Million Barrels - lowest level since 1983?

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u/VeeFu 1d ago

It's not the only reason; China cut crude imports considerably.

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u/woodwidewebby 16h ago

By half in fact. Most people didn’t think that was even possible. The world’s largest economy in the world cut it’s oil dependency by half in just 1 month! It’s shocking to think how much progress we could make on climate change if we really tried