Why aren't we filling back up the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?

[stephen]

We suspended shipments to it when gas went up in May. Why in the world aren't we refilling it now?

[decocritter]

good question, unless they thing oil will go a bit lower, which is in the news reports.

[hal]

how do know we aren't?

[stephen]

There's been no news about it since the bill was passed to suspend shipments in May.

If you find something, let me know.

[space-time]

hal wrote:
how do know we aren't?

maybe he's the president of OPEC and he's pissed off that the US is not buying that much oil lately

[hal]

I don't ever recall hearing news about the reserve being replenished. It's only news when we open it up.

[Grateful11]

The Bush admin. was asked to stop filling it when crude peaked this year
and did but he didn't like it. It's probably too cheap now and his friends
won't make as much as before.

"Bush opposes measure to stop filling oil reserve, but signs legislation to mandate it ....."

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/1...eserve.php

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/poli...77936.html

[deckeda]

$1.56 today when I filled up. It was so cheap I almost just kept the pump going, wishing to spray gas everywhere in a petro-fueled never ending moneyshot of liquified slimy powerfull pleasure as I confidently rammed the nozzle again and again into the tank.


edit for typo
(to take OUT a typo, that is. Nevermind.)

[Greg the dogsitter]

deckeda wrote:
$1.56 today when I filled up. It was so cheap I almost just kept the pump going, wishing to spray gas everywhere in a petro-fueled never ending moneyshot of liquified slimy powerfull pleasure as a confidently rammed the nozzle again and again into the tank.

A+. Great job!

[freeradical]

Grateful11 wrote:
The Bush admin. was asked to stop filling it when crude peaked this year
and did but he didn't like it. It's probably too cheap now and his friends
won't make as much as before.