☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoOil in U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls below 300 million barrels, lowest since 1983www.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkOil in U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls below 300 million barrels, lowest since 1983www.cnbc.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square3linkfedilinkcross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
minus-squarealtphoto@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThe current oil consumption is 20.6 million barrels per day, so we have 14.5 days of fuel left.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIt’s worse than that because you can’t actually fully drain the reserves. I recall that you can’t go much past around 200 mil barrels, but don’t quote me on that. :)
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI think that’s per week, not per day.
The current oil consumption is 20.6 million barrels per day, so we have 14.5 days of fuel left.
It’s worse than that because you can’t actually fully drain the reserves. I recall that you can’t go much past around 200 mil barrels, but don’t quote me on that. :)
I think that’s per week, not per day.