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Trump tries refilling critical fuel stockpile, but Biden’s drain may do lasting damage, experts say
« on: March 13, 2025, 10:45:21 am »
Trump tries refilling critical fuel stockpile, but Biden’s drain may do lasting damage, experts say

While former President Joe Biden wasn’t the first president to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for political reasons, he drained it more than any president before him. The frequent draws and refills may be threatening the structural integrity of the reserve, experts say.

 
By Kevin Killough
Published: March 12, 2025 10:57pm
 
During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump stated that he would “fill our strategic reserves up again right to the top.” It was one of the few policy goals that Trump promised but didn’t put into any of his many executive orders he signed since taking office. Instead, Trump's Energy Secretary Chris Wright plans to seek up to $20 billion from Congress to replenish the nation’s energy stockpile known as the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
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Wright told Bloomberg News last week during a tour of a natural-gas export plant in Louisiana that the effort would take years, but it would result in the SPR going back to “just close to the top.”

While former President Joe Biden wasn’t the only president to use the petroleum reserve for political reasons, he drained it more than any president before him. The frequent draws and refills — the latest of which will be the largest refilling effort in its history — may be threatening the structural integrity of the reserve, experts say.

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https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/trump-admin-begins-refilling-energy-stockpile-experts-say-bidens-drain-may
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Re: Trump tries refilling critical fuel stockpile, but Biden’s drain may do lasting damage, experts
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2025, 11:20:16 am »
Put a tariff on foreign energy imports, and use those funds to re-fill the SPR.

Also, Congress should pass a law requiring Congressional approval to make withdrawals from the SPR.

The SPR should not be subject to the whims of a lawless President, like Joe Biden, again.

C'mon Congress, put on your big boy pants.
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Re: Trump tries refilling critical fuel stockpile, but Biden’s drain may do lasting damage, experts
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2025, 10:25:14 pm »
This feature of salt caverns deforming over time is endemic to their nature.

Fortunately. There are hundreds of other salt domes that could be used as replacement or added crude storage.

Bottomline: not a big deal at all
« Last Edit: March 13, 2025, 10:26:30 pm by IsailedawayfromFR »
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