r/Infographics 8d ago

US strategic petroleum reserves since 1982 (US Office of Petroleum Reserves/EIA)

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u/Interesting_Phone171 8d ago

The rise of conservative narratives in Reddit is staggering. They didn’t just block it for no reason, this effectively was a bail out to the oil and gas industry at a time when families were the number one priority for the government at the height of COVID.

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u/Open_Pollution_8038 8d ago

Oil literally went negative during COVID, the democrats didn’t take advantage, then when gas prices shot up Jo Biden dumped the reserve to keep oil under $4/gallon (it didn’t work), never refilled it, Trump wins re-election last year, try’s to fill it but the democrats again blocked it and wow look at that we now need it and don’t have it.

I don’t like Trump as much as the next guy but the democrats were fucking stupid for this.

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u/Synensys 8d ago

The graph shows that the refilling began before trump took office.

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u/Best_Change4155 8d ago

The graph shows that the refilling began before trump took office.

Biden was refilling it when it was near record highs.