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So this is a BS post made up of all kinds of imaginary demons. A 'made from thin air' story, with no basis in reality.
First: in thinking that there was a 25 day limit to diesel supplies, just because ... and ONLY because MAGAs wanted to believe it.
Second: in thinking that "Joe Biden and Democrats" want this imaginary crises that MAGAs made up in their own heads
Third: in imagining some supposed motive for "Joe Biden and Democrats" to want the imaginary crises with no basis in reality that MAGAs made up in their own heads.
This folks, is what living in a cult does to people's thinking. It fries their brains, and we have it all on full display right here.
What does this story have to do with "MAGAs"
OP cited 3 sources, one of which being Bloomberg news... I had no idea he was a Trumper!
I know lefties have to cherish their victories when they get them, because they are few and far between with the current administration/economic wrecking ball.
No one but MAGAs fell for the stupid lies traced back to Tucker Carlson. It's as if they lost all rational thought and fell for whatever they could find to attack the Democrats with ... even though it was all made up.
No one but MAGAs fell for the stupid lies traced back to Tucker Carlson. It's as if they lost all rational thought and fell for whatever they could find to attack the Democrats with ... even though it was all made up.
So why did Bloomberg push this story? Is Bloomberg a peddler of far right conspiracy/MAGA theories?
Diesel prices are very high, so there is either high demand, or low supply, or both. I think the shortages are regional. High diesel prices are driving prices up for all the products we buy, & many services.
So why did Bloomberg push this story? Is Bloomberg a peddler of far right conspiracy/MAGA theories?
It's hard to say why Bloomberg may have pushed this article (it's behind a pay wall, so I can't read it.)
But low and behold...the time came and went and we did not run out of diesel fuel. And we won't. This story is taking facts and twisting them to mean something that they don't mean.
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US won’t run out of diesel in weeks, experts say
No, the U.S. is not going to run out of diesel fuel in 25 days
On Tuesday, headlines indicating that the U.S. is down to a 25-day supply of diesel proliferated. Fox News host Tucker Carlson last week tweeted that "this country is about to run out of diesel fuel."
The current limited supply, however, does not mean the U.S. will be out of diesel — used to fuel trucks and heating systems — in that time period.
"Inventories of diesel and gasoline are down below five-year averages, and if the entire world were to stop, we would have 25 days worth of diesel. But the world doesn't stop. We're not counting on it stopping," Ed Hirs, a professor of energy economics at the University of Houston, told CBS MoneyWatch.
He likened the situation to a grocery store's supply of milk at any given time.
"Your grocery store may have an inventory of three days of milk. That's because they only have three days' worth at any given point. But the cow keeps milking, the farmer keeps sending milk, the dairy keeps delivering," Hirs said.
It's hard to say why Bloomberg may have pushed this article (it's behind a pay wall, so I can't read it.)
But low and behold...the time came and went and we did not run out of diesel fuel. And we won't. This story is taking facts and twisting them to mean something that they don't mean.
I never claimed there was a shortage. Nor did I ever claim there would be a shortage.
I simply asked what this story has to do with "MAGAs", which was what the poster I was responding to claimed.
"Oil prices and President Joe Biden’s continued draining of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) have dominated the headlines over the past few weeks, but analysts say a more impactful and serious crisis on the energy front looms: a diesel fuel shortage."
Stocks are down 15% from their 5 year average. We are down about 3% from last year at this time.
And selling the strategic reserve would that not have increased inventory on the market? And not doing so would have meant even less crude on the market?
In the week ending November 11, distillate fuel inventories increased by 1.1 million barrels and are about 15% below the five-year average for this time of year, the EIA said in its weekly inventory report on Wednesday.
Oil/diesel shortages are coming, in the relatively near future. They will be both severe and sudden.
No they won't. Supply and demand go up and down as do the prices but it won't be anything out of the usual.
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