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Wheredidiputit 81 points ago +83 / -2

There's only so much storage capacity. Oil has a shelf life of about 3 years in refineries. Longer if stored in salt caverns.

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dickwagger 158 points ago +159 / -1

The longer Trump is in office the more Salt will be produced....so we're fine with storage :)

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slangin_paint 63 points ago +63 / -0

^did the math

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ClumsyChef 3 points ago +5 / -2

NEY SIR! YOU'VE DONE NO SUCH THING!

HARUMPH!!!

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godemperortttrump 8 points ago +8 / -0

LOL gold

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RIPIsaacKappy 48 points ago +49 / -1

salt caverns

That's how I'll refer to Blue states from now on.

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NotaRussian_Bot 5 points ago +5 / -0

Bugmen

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FiDollaMilkshake 8 points ago +8 / -0

SO sweet + spicy, imma have it for lunch...

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Wheredidiputit 3 points ago +4 / -1

hahahahahaha

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WowStrongWinning 19 points ago +19 / -0

Why not just FIFO the inventory then?

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Mr_Clit_Beastwood 15 points ago +16 / -1

So crude oil can sit in the ground for 300 million years, but as soon as we pump it out it expires in three?

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Wheredidiputit 16 points ago +17 / -1

yes. there's a lot of volatile hydrocarbons that react to light, oxygen, etc and can degrade once exposed.

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outsideop 5 points ago +5 / -0

*volatility = value

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bahhumbugger 1 point ago +4 / -3

Utter nonsense

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1776-or-1984 3 points ago +3 / -0

username checks out, YUGELY

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Wheredidiputit 1 point ago +1 / -0

just reporting what I read about it.

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wakadon 4 points ago +4 / -0

I am pretty sure people are confusing this with gasoline which will polymerize over time. Oil is refined and you can crack it to make more lights and oil from different areas has different composition.

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jgardner 2 points ago +2 / -0

(There's a rumor that oil is actually created by the heat and pressure in the earth's crust and it bubbles up to near the surface.)

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wethedownvoted 5 points ago +5 / -0

abiogeneic petroleum origin, if someone wants to look it up

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doodaddy 8 points ago +8 / -0

Selling it hurts the oil industry, but maybe. More like reserve it for emergencies and war time situations.