The Barrels Nobody Would Borrow
Ro-Bob's Blob · Special Edition · Energy · Day 194 · Thursday 10 September 2026 The Barrels Nobody Would Borrow America's emergency oil reserve is draining at a little over half the speed it was in May and June, and the slowdown has carried the date it crosses a line written into federal law onto the week of the midterm elections. But on the government's own reading the line does not govern the instrument now emptying the reserve, and the slowdown has a cause in the record: in June the government offered forty million barrels on loan and placed half a million. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence · Sydney Previous editions: 3 Sep · 4 Sep · 5 Sep · 6 Sep · 7 Sep · 8 Sep · 9 Sep Earlier specials on the arithmetic of this war: The Line Congress Saved And Nobody Filled (9 August) and The Windfall Nobody Ordered (15 August). This edition extends the reserve item in yesterday's daily letter . The Series The Strategic Petroleum Reserve held 286,604...