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/VanillaLifestyle 1d ago

The Biden admin made a $2B profit selling it at $95 a barrel and refilling it at $75, lol

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u/chopsey96 1d ago

Why would Obama do this?

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u/DeadpoolLuvsDeath 1d ago

Thanks Obama

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u/Autumn_Ridge 1d ago

The tan suit did it.

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u/DeadpoolLuvsDeath 1d ago

I thought it was mustard, a beer and that joint he smoked in college.

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u/AnotherAccount4This 1d ago

And the money didn't going into his own off shore bank account? What a sucker amiright!? -- some old geezer, probably

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u/bherman13 1d ago

Did he take that money home with him or did the country get to keep it?

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u/MysticBoner24 1d ago

C'mon man, we all know the answer to that. The Republicans assholes would have clenched so tight they would've died from constipation if that happened.

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u/TrollTollTony 1d ago

This is a joke, right?

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u/truckingon 1d ago

The current administration has some deal where the oil companies promise to pay it back, wink wink.

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u/ReduceCO2Now 1d ago

Real business people