To be clear, I don't believe Democrats care what gas prices will be on November 9th. Just wanted to keep em low through the midterms
Strategic reserve was never designed for times when gas prices were high. It was designed for times when gas supplies are low. So now, rather than just looking at $5.00 gallon gas prices (or higher) we might be looking at actual gas shortages. As in gas stations running out of gas. But... as it stands, we have already depleted a good portion of our strategic reserves and might be looking at real problems.
The idea of raiding the strategic reserve over the summer was always short term political thinking. It literally made no sense (and very little difference) in terms of stemming the rise in gas prices. But this might come back to bite us in a big way if we start seeing 1970s type gas shortages. Imagine the lines and such we once saw resurfacing. Biden really would be giving Carter a run for his money over the worst President ever award!
