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They would have to want to solve the problem...that they intentionally caused. That would not increase their power one bit.

The ability of a President to use/release the SPR for political purposes to influence an election is quite a good thing if you are in charge and have failing policies that massively increased the price of gas. It seems a twofold benefit as you temporarily lower prices and your administration receives the money from the sale of the released oil which your successor must buy back at much higher prices.

I am worried what this will mean in Jan and Feb when it gets really cold (and later) as production has seemingly been reduced to account for the releases. When the releases stop, there will be no quick replacement from the private sector unless something changes.