Biden’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve Sale Is Shoddy Shortcut, Not Needed Course Correction

While President Joe Biden seems to have no qualms about advancing regulations and policies that will increase energy prices for Americans, he clearly does not like the flak he’s getting right now for high gas prices and energy bills.

Feeling heat from rising gasoline prices, Biden authorized two releases totaling 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be delivered between the end of December through April 2022.

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was created by Congress in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 to meet the requirements for being a member...