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2022-04-19 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Oil From Biden's Emergency SPR Release Is Heading For Europe

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-19 06:24|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 Either the SPR will eventually run dry as a metaphor for this entire administration or they are continuously replenishing the supply and the releases are just empty and false gestures … which would be another metaphor for this administration. If they are discovered to be simultaneously filling and emptying the reserve, the administration will argue that the policy is effective in lowering gas prices. Brian Stelter will back them up,

Posted by Super Hose 2022-04-19 12:29|| 2022-04-19 12:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Oil is fungible. So the net effect of 1) sending oil to Europe, and 2) releasing oil from the SPR — or the other way round — gives rise to the shocking Zero Hedge headline. But I suspect the White House team has not made the connection between their two actions, as they aren’t nearly as intelligent as they fondly imagine.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-19 13:59|| 2022-04-19 13:59|| Front Page Top

#3 The idiot’s administration is making a wise move in allocating 6B to help necklace plants stay operational.

Posted by PaPa Cooky 2022-04-19 20:40|| 2022-04-19 20:40|| Front Page Top

#4 allocating 6B to help necklace plants stay operational.

I have no idea what that means. Please translate?

Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-19 22:40|| 2022-04-19 22:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Had me scratching my head as well. Best guess:

necklace plant -> tire factory
6B -> may be a heavy crude oil fraction, IOW input to tire manufacture

Posted by Nero 2022-04-19 23:33|| 2022-04-19 23:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Thank you, dear Nero. I appreciate the effort — I hadn’t any idea where to start.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-19 23:44|| 2022-04-19 23:44|| Front Page Top

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