Re: Stupidity on steroids

On May 15, 3:16=A0pm, "Econotron" <njmfi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "The Trucker" <mik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> news:pan.2008.05.15.19.28.30.119710@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Would anyone like to offer a rational explanation of why we would pump
> > 70,000 barrels of oil per day out of North Slope, ****p it to Texas,
and
> > pump it back into the ground?
>
> [snip]
>
> The only explanation I have got is that it sets a negotiating position
for=

> the next Congress' action. Because, as soon as SPR resolution takes
effect=

> and oil prices continue to rise or stay the same, the next proposal will
b=
e
> releasing those reserves, as some already suggest.
> e.

If we released every drop of SPR's oil do you think we have the
refining capacity to process it into gasoline ?? Even if we did, how
many days of normal usage would it cover? Would it have any effect on
the price of gas? You seem to have all the answers Trucker. Let's hear
it.