▲ 24 ▼ US to release 172 million barrels of oil from strategic petroleum reserve (www.reuters.com) submitted 8 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MrTomS@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (3 children) To put it in perspective that is about 40% of the reserve! permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children) Yeah, I recall it was down to 400 mil barrels already thanks to Biden releasing oil earlier. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MrTomS@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) Yeah that was in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Russian oil being taken off the market and of course trying to lower the price of gas before the mid terms in '22 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago No! Democratic presidents don't control the price of gas! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children) Yeah, I recall it was down to 400 mil barrels already thanks to Biden releasing oil earlier. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MrTomS@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) Yeah that was in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Russian oil being taken off the market and of course trying to lower the price of gas before the mid terms in '22 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago No! Democratic presidents don't control the price of gas! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrTomS@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) Yeah that was in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Russian oil being taken off the market and of course trying to lower the price of gas before the mid terms in '22 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago No! Democratic presidents don't control the price of gas! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago No! Democratic presidents don't control the price of gas! permalink fedilink source parent