The Strategic Oil Reserve serves as a last ditch supply of emergency oil for the Nation and can also be used to smooth out price spikes. If war breaks out in the middle east and oil shoots to $200 a barrel then the President can authorize release of some of the Reserve to the nation to lower the overall cost for our citizens and businesses. Oil is at a good price now and we should buy it when it's cheap.
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