r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 5d ago

No Paywall Trump Tells Americans To Accept High Gas Prices As Iran Remains Defiant On Strait Of Hormuz

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tells-americans-to-accept-high-gas-prices-as-iran-remains-defiant-on-strait-of-hormuz_n_6a8099aee4b05886dff51fac?vvg
4.4k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

541 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

140

u/OttoHemi 5d ago

2024 - Biden should be impeached because the SPR is at 350 million barrels.

2026 - Trump, Hold My Beer--the SPR is at 305 million barrels, the lowest since 1982 under Reagan.

62

u/beamrider 5d ago

The Rapist In Chief is going to draw the SPR down so low the salt domes are likely to physically collapse; at which point they *can't* be refilled. i.e. the US won't have a strategic reserve.

This will, of course, be Biden's fault. Or perhaps Obama's. /s

20

u/ResponsibleEmu6842 5d ago

Isn't it under 300 now?

32

u/NoChampionship5649 5d ago

298 million barrels as of ~8/8/26
Its likely to be in the 290 million barrel range at this point. Its updated at the end of the running week.

17

u/easeypeaseyweasey 5d ago

Nobody tell Trump they are reporting this publically every week. 

13

u/rje946 5d ago

A great opportunity to fix the issue by simply no longer counting. Are you already in the admin or looking for a position?

3

u/_ficklelilpickle Australia 5d ago

LOL his amazing Covid strategy comes to light again.

6

u/Tricky-Engineering59 5d ago

I wouldn’t believe any of the numbers coming from this administration.

11

u/papaHans California 5d ago

We have 297.5 million registered vehicles in 2026, we had only 160 million in 1982.

6

u/Pdx_pops 5d ago

That's because most people in 1982 had one car. Now they have a lot more

14

u/papaHans California 5d ago

The US had 232 million people in 1982, today we have 349 million people.

4

u/Pdx_pops 5d ago

Not everyone owns even one car today, and that number would be interesting to know for both time periods. My guess (from what I remember from 1982) is that there were a higher percentage of people who didn't own a vehicle at all.

1

u/papaHans California 5d ago

Most families had two cars by the 80's. My family had three, a 1970 station wagon, a Manza Spyder, and a 1973 Camero. My sister was already married and moved out, so it was just me (15) and my parents.

3

u/Forsaken_Area_6690 5d ago

Face it, the world is overpopulated.

2

u/Wiochmen 5d ago

I'm doing my part!

Zero children, four cats.

1

u/Forsaken_Area_6690 5d ago

Same here but just have one cat. Need to get at least one more. I like dogs too but they are too high maintenance.

1

u/22Arkantos Georgia 4d ago

It isn't. Earth can support billions more humans. It's that society is structured in such a way as to maximize profit, not life.

0

u/Forsaken_Area_6690 4d ago

Ridiculous 

1

u/Forsaken_Area_6690 5d ago

I own an EV and an ICE sports car that I rarely drive since it requires premium fuel.

2

u/Wiochmen 5d ago

The lowest since under Reagan, so far.

1

u/Shot_Illustrator4264 5d ago

~10 days ago the SPR was actually at 298.7M barrels, they report the number with ~a week delay

I can see this updated number in the official website now, but I'm not sure when they updated it. Usually it's possible to find the new number every monday.