[GreenKeys] OT: Gas Prices

[Don Robert House]

Tony,

There are some facts that few people seem to know.  The USA has what  
are called strategic petroleum reserves.  During the past years the  
amount of reserve petroleum fell down to about 100 million barrels.   
President Bush ordered the reserves to be filled.  Full, the reserve  
is about 400 million barrels.  This has put an extraordinary demand  
on the petroleum industry world-wide.  The good news is that the  
reserve is now almost filled.  Once it is full, oil prices should  
start to fall as the demand decreases.  Hold off on long driving  
trips until October.

Don

P.S.  One of the reasons Japan lost WWII is they failed to bomb the  
fuel storage at Pearl Harbor.  Admiral Nimitz had invented underway  
refueling.  My grandfather was in charge of petroleum distribution  
during the war in the Pacific.