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Originally Posted by Marcus1124
Yeah, let's impose another short-term bandaid that would have the long-term effective of making us even MORE dependent upon and at the day-to-day mercy of those who at best are strategic adversaries, and at worst enemies of our nation.
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Your solution is to apply a short-term bandaid in ten years and do nothing now. How does that make more sense? The SPRO is intended to ensure our economic security. This is exactly what it is for.
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The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the largest stockpile of government-owned emergency crude oil in the world. Established in the aftermath of the 1973-74 oil embargo, the SPR provides the President with a powerful response option should a disruption in commercial oil supplies threaten the U.S. economy.
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DOE - Fossil Energy: U.S. Petroleum Reserves
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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve exists, first and foremost, as an emergency response tool the President can use should the United States be confronted with an economically-threatening disruption in oil supplies.
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DOE - Fossil Energy: Drawdowns of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Would you like to argue that the economy is not threatened? Keep your eyes on the ball in the game, not the one in the bag.