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US oil reserves are so low, the caverns holding them could be damaged
(www.independent.co.uk)
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They were never designed for routine "cycling" to begin with, it was originally meant as an emergency thing that wouldn't routinely be tapped just to keep market prices even. It was there so that the military could continue operating in the event of an extreme shortage.
It's basically just some old salt mines that a bunch of oil got pumped into.
Trump is going to run our armament and petroleum supply so low that Russia and China can Red Dawn us... This time, we won't have Patrick Swayze to save us.
Trump's approval ratings are an emergency.