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The engineering behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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  1. Jedd · · focus · HN ↗
    Peter Zeihan did a 5m video [1] on this 10 days ago (give or take) - and the history of how they've been used, and why the original design (big draw-downs during major emergencies - perhaps 5 of them, ever) hasn't lent itself well to the way they ended up being used.

    [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=j5g0Ud8i0C0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=j5g0Ud8i0C0

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