Amazing video by Technology Connections. It’s a long one, but don’t miss his 30 minute angry rant at the end.

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    7 days ago

    Cuz the US strategic oil reserve isn’t earmarked for the federal government

    According to a factcheck site it looks like the U.S. Oil Reserve Created for Supply Disruptions, Not Strictly Military Use. So maybe your statement is wrong? Otherwise could you share the source you got this from?

    the share of the military energy usage in the federal energy usage is entirely meaningless tot the oil consumption of the US economy

    I don’t understand what you are saying, could you please explain and/or share a relevant link? Btw maybe I should clarify that by talking about “consumption” I was not talking in economic terms, just in the sense of “utilizing”.

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      23 hours ago

      Come again? I am saying “isn’t earmarked for the federal government” and you come up with a fact check saying that it is not earmarked for military use. Which is the same thing.

      Also, you are comparing the share of the military in the federal government’s energy usage. The government’s energy usage is largely electricity, not oil-based, while for the military it is the inverse. Also, the military consumes oil outside of the US economy: the oil consumption of an US Air Force base in say Spain is part of the Spanish economy, not of the US economy. Or at least, the overseas bases consumption will not be pulled from the US strategic oil reserves.

      So it is all orthogonal to the US strategic oil reserves what the US military’s share in energy consumption of the US Federal Government is.

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        21 hours ago

        I am saying “isn’t earmarked for the federal government” and you come up with a fact check saying that it is not earmarked for military use. Which is the same thing.

        No. “Isn’t earmarked for the federal government” is not the same as “isn’t earmarked for military use".

        Any links to back what you say would be highly appreciated.

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          16 hours ago

          Given that the US military is part of the US federal government, yes, that is a difference without a distinction. If it is for general use, per your own source, and not earmarked for the US federal government, then it is by extension not earmarked for the US military either.

          You could do worse than to actually watch the whole video and not dragging your dislike of having a military into a conversation that is not about that to begin with. Or as others have put it in a more pejorative way, stop it with the leftist bean soup.