Gas Math.

iairishcheeks 30538 posts Original UHND Member

Posted 11:52 am on Aug 14, 2026

300 miles a week, 30 miles a gallon, the releases from the SPR saved you $3.10 at most. That's less than a dozen eggs or something (I don't pay attention to those prices either).

Make an argument that depleting the SPR wasn't completely self serving and stupid.

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Gas Math. iairishcheeks 11:52am · 8/14/26
- I don't understand why this is hard to understand Chris94 2:14pm · 8/14/26
  - I don't know why this is hard for you to understand... iairishcheeks 2:53pm · 8/14/26
    - It is one tool of many. Private-sector stocks have also helped. And China, most of all.NT Chris94 3:25pm · 8/14/26
      - Use the other ones then since, per you, there are many.NT iairishcheeks 3:29pm · 8/14/26
- Depleting the SPR was stupid. Plain and simple. It should be saved for a true strategic emergency.NT NedoftheHill 1:37pm · 8/14/26
  - You've always been consistent on this Ned. Maybe if they started buying low and selling high.... BaronVonZemo 2:51pm · 8/14/26
  - Especially stupid for a net exporter of oil.NT iairishcheeks 1:58pm · 8/14/26
    - I've taken a consistently hard stance on this, regardless of who is president (unlike some here). NedoftheHill 2:07pm · 8/14/26
      - And you've been consistently unaware of the reason for the SPR's existence...and therefore tilting Link TyroneIrish 2:26pm · 8/14/26
      - And consistently wrong. Chris94 2:16pm · 8/14/26
        
        I'm arguing that it doesn't address your problem, and should address mine. It is a policy argument. NedoftheHill 2:36pm · 8/14/26
        
        You want to have a different SPR, then. It is not designed for your purposes. Chris94 2:39pm · 8/14/26
        
        You have an overly simpistic view of war. NedoftheHill 2:51pm · 8/14/26
- It always is stupid imho.NT BaronVonZemo 12:53pm · 8/14/26
  - More math... iairishcheeks 1:00pm · 8/14/26
    - Fact check: No one said that the released oil "saved us."NT Chris94 2:26pm · 8/14/26
      - Which jobs were saved by a temporary reduction of 13-31 cents per gallon?NT iairishcheeks 2:59pm · 8/14/26
        
        All you have to do is conduct an internet search asking that very question...why don't you do a TyroneIrish 3:42pm · 8/14/26
    - Have you considered hitch hiking to protest? An “Opposable Thumb” movement, so to speak.NT BaronVonZemo 1:19pm · 8/14/26
      - I was just out doing donuts in the pasture in my F-150.NT iairishcheeks 1:34pm · 8/14/26
        
        Man, things are really kinky in Iowa! I'll never eat a glazed donut again.NT BaronVonZemo 1:46pm · 8/14/26
        
        As a doctor you should have known better.anyways.Link iairishcheeks 1:51pm · 8/14/26
        
        True. I've also seen the girls in Iowa. I shouldn't have been surprised that you love Dunkin Donuts. BaronVonZemo 4:11pm · 8/14/26

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