It worked during the midterm elections last year so why not try it
again?
Is there anything left in the reserves?
<https://nypost.com/2024/05/21/us-news/biden-sells-off-gasoline-reserves-to-keep-prices-low-before-election/>

'ASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it will
sell off 1 million barrels of gasoline held in case of emergencies —
with the Energy Department explicitly citing an interest in keeping gas
prices low over the summer driving season ahead of the November
election.

The fuel will be released from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve, a
component of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that was established in
2014 after Superstorm Sandy disrupted gasoline supplies in the New York
City area.'

'“The Biden-Harris Administration is laser-focused on lowering prices at
the pump for American families, especially as drivers hit the road for
summer driving season,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a
statement.

“By strategically releasing this reserve in between Memorial Day and
July 4th, we are ensuring sufficient supply flows to the tri-state and
northeast at a time hardworking Americans need it the most.”

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Critics including congressional Republicans slammed Biden’s move as an
attempt to buy votes — after making similar allegations about Biden’s
attempt to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in federally owned
student loan debt in the runup to the election.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) accused Biden of “yet again using America’s
emergency fuel reserves to cover for his disastrous inflationary
policies in an election year.”

“Releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from the Northeast reserve is a
desperate move by Joe Biden to lower prices that HE raised,” tweeted
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.).”This reserve is meant for emergencies,
not as a cover-up for Biden’s failed economic policies.”

The US used about 8.94 million barrels of gasoline per day as of 2023.
4 Approximately 8.94 million barrels of gasoline were used per day in
America as of 2023.
REUTERS
Skeptics noted that the complete draining of the Northeast reserve,
which was authorized in a March government spending bill, was unlikely
to significantly impact prices — which currently average $3.60 per
regular gallon, up from roughly $2.38 when Biden took office and $3.54
at this time last year, according to AAA data.

The US used about 8.94 million barrels of gasoline per day as of 2023,
according to the US Energy Information Administration, meaning that
Tuesday’s release would cover fewer than three hours of average US
consumption.

“A cynical political move. Like a drop in the ocean,” wrote one X user.

Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) tweeted, “He should just
reverse his damaging anti-energy policies.”

“Depleting our emergency reserves while discouraging domestic
production. Such a winning strategy!” tweeted Gabriella Hoffman, energy
and conservation director of the Independent Women’s Forum.

“Under [former President Donald] Trump, it was ‘drill, baby, drill.’
Under Biden, it is ‘drain, baby, drain,’” tweeted Charles Correll III, a
speechwriter for Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Bryan Mound storage facility
located in Brazoria County, Texas.
4 The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Bryan Mound storage facility
located in Brazoria County, Texas.
Reuters
As Republicans slammed Biden, the White House released a statement
Tuesday afternoon arguing that his energy policies focused on promoting
environmentally friendly technologies have aided consumers.

“This builds on other actions by President Biden to lower gas and energy
costs—including historic releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
and the largest-ever investment in clean energy,” said press secretary
Karine Jean-Pierre.

“While Congressional Republicans fight to preserve tax breaks for Big
Oil at the expense of hardworking families, President Biden is advancing
a more secure, affordable, and clean energy future to lower utility
bills while record American energy production helps meet our immediate
needs.”

Energy costs are up steeply under Biden — contributing to a broader
sweep of price increases that Republicans attribute to the incumbent’s
policies and large spending bills. Democrats generally attribute high
inflation to factors such as COVID-19 supply chain bottlenecks, the
Russia-Ukraine war and alleged corporate greed.

US energy costs are up 38% since Biden took office, according to data
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those costs include a roughly 30%
jump in electricity prices.

In addition to his pending plans to deplete the gasoline reserve, Biden
has drained about 43% of the crude oil held by the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve in an attempt to keep prices lower.

The US government reserve held more than 638 million barrels of crude
oil when Biden took office. It currently has fewer than 361 million
barrels of crude oil, according to federal data.

On Tue, 21 May 2024 19:19:22 -0400, John Smyth <smythlejon2@hotmail.com>
wrote in <upaq4jh16n5fvcv7f7a3ok96uh4o1d3fdo@4ax.com>:

> 'ASHINGTON

A botched c/p that has NOTHING to do with Linux.

Go back to ASHINGTON -- or next time,
add your obligatory Linux.

ObLinux:

Was just ssh'ed in to the Mac Studio, and discovered
find(1) isn't GNU. Doesn't even recognize "--version" as
an option.

Thank goodness for GNU tools -- you can count on them to report
their versions when you run them with "--version".

One of the advantages of a GNU/Linux system.

$ find --version
find (GNU findutils) 4.8.0
Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Eric B. Decker, James Youngman, and Kevin Dalley.
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