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hitman2218 t1_j0kesbm wrote

Reply to comment by Al_Jazzera in US buying 3M barrels of oil to start replenishing reserves by B1gMay0

The impact doesn’t end at the gas pump. There’s a ripple effect throughout the economy.

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Al_Jazzera t1_j0ky8w4 wrote

Obviously, but it doesn't have that much effect.

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thefugue t1_j0m3vr4 wrote

Well by that argument there probably would never be a time you’d condone the reserve’s usage outside of war- which it isn’t usable for as it’s simply sold as crude on the open market for private refining. It is literally only used to impact prices.

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