As US Contemplates Releasing Crude From The Strategic Reserve, China Resumes Building Emergency Inventory

Wednesday, March 7, 2012
By Paul Martin

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
03/07/2012

A tale of two civilizations, one in ascent and one in decline, can probably be best summarized by how they ration for the future in that most important of commodities – energy, in this case vis-a-vis the respective treatment of the strategic oil reserves of China and the US. Because while all the rage in D.C. political gab in recent weeks has been whether the US will allow a release of oil from the SPR, just to appease those Obama voters who actually have a job and have to take a car to get to it, things over at America’s nemesis in civilizational conflict are diametrically opposite. As Bloomberg reports, China has “started filling its emergency petroleum reserve at Lanzhou in the nation’s northwest, according to an official at the nation’s largest crude producer.” Unlike the US, where everything is now a function of market liquidity, evil speculators, and political ambitions (rest in peace supply and demand), China is completely ignoring all the day to day mundane drivel, and is doing what is right – which is to make sure it is prepared for an “eventuality” in the crude supply. Said eventuality is 100% guaranteed to happen if the Panetta-McCain is given a green light to allow the liberation of Iranian crude to finally proceed following years of foreplay.

From Bloomberg:

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