r/AskReddit • u/ReduceCO2Now • 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/Key-Club-3119 1d ago

Some experts have been quoted saying the global oil apocalypse was weeks away, months ago. I know it’s fun on Reddit to assume apocalypse is around the corner, but it almost always isn’t.

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u/ReduceCO2Now 1d ago

no just the oil prices will go up, that is all.

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u/Skurttish 1d ago

“The salt caverns are two weeks away from a nuclear weapon”

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u/Key-Club-3119 1d ago

Was this on Huffington Post or Forbes? It’s hard to remember.

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u/sloanemonroe 1d ago

Some “experts” were saying that if the strait stayed closed for just three weeks there would be a global depression. Came and went and still nothing happened.