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President Biden is low on energy, and not just the power needed to operate his 80-year-old self. The president has siphoned off nearly half of the nation’s emergency oil reserve. He is obliged to refill the cache of essential fuel but thus far has failed to replace one drop. When replenishing the ocean of oil resembles an exercise in futility, the drawdown has the look of an intentional phase in Mr. Biden‘s ongoing war on fossil fuels.
The Department of Energy announced earlier this month that it “will purchase up to 3 million barrels of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.”“Attempt to purchase” would be more precise — a request for bids in December netted no sales. The fruitless effort cast more than a little doubt on the wisdom of Mr. Biden’s scheme to tap the reserve, which saved drivers 40 cents a gallon on gasoline but left the nation unprepared for the unexpected. “We will begin that process this year, but to refill the full amount is impossible,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm conceded in March.
Declarations of absolutes like “impossible” can be overstated, but Ms.
