The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is meant for use in case of war, not to try to pump up Biden’s cratering poll numbers. During WWII, we may have lost the war because there was no fuel for Patton’s tanks and Eisenhower made sure that British General Montgomery got what little was available. The idea of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve was to assure that we would not run short in case of war.
As Cammack said:
“I think that they are doing this because they are so concerned about Biden’s sinking, plummeting poll numbers that they are desperate for anything. … We need to stop telling our adversaries exactly what we are going to do and what we’re not going to do. And this move to basically drain a third of our strategic oil reserves is ludicrous. This is putting our national security at risk.”
“What they’re doing with the strategic oil reserve, it’s not going to lower the prices. It’s not meeting the demand. It’s putting us at risk. And the thing that we need to do is get the domestic production back up. But they need to release all the red tape that they have tied our producers up with. That is what is going to get us going again. We’re sitting on it. We’re standing on it. But all they have done is deflect, redirect, and misdirect the American people.”
At best, releasing 1/3 of our reserves in a temporary solution to a permanent problem. It will lower the cost a little temporarily but Biden’s war on fossil fuel will assure that it won’t matter a great deal. Plus, to have an effect, the oil will have to be sold off at basement bargain prices but to replace those reserves will cost much more than we will sell this oil for.
Of course, Joe Biden will have no plans to replenish the reserve. He will say it is a perfect time to replace the oil with green energy. But, it can’t be done. Wind and solar power will not be able to replace the electricity we have no because it will not produce electricity when it’s raining or when there is no wind. Electricity cannot be stored. It has to be produced and used immediately. That can be done with coal, gas, or oil plants but not wind and solar.
And what happens if we have to fight a war somewhere outside this country? can you imagine 200 tanks lined up to recharge? `So, how could we possibly win a war to preserve our freedom? We can’t but Biden has a foolproof plan. It’s called unconditional surrender, a concept he is using on Russia, China, and Iran right now.