AlanMexicali

They certainly do.

It was until what's his name had to butt in. 😊

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/what-is-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve?cmpid=int_org=ngp::int_mc=website::int_src=ngp::int_cmp=amp::int_add=amp_readtherest What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Prompted by a crippling oil embargo in the 1970s, the U.S. created the world’s largest oil reserve. But in a world shifting to renewables to combat climate change, its future is uncertain. BYAMY MCKEEVER PUBLISHED MARCH 16, 2022 7 MIN READ In late November 1973, the world was just beginning to feel the fallout from the Yom Kippur War, a conflict between Israel and its neighbors Egypt and Syria. To punish the United States and other western nations for supporting Israel during the war, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cut off oil supplies—tripling the average price of imported crude oil. By November 25, the crisis had grown so dire that then-President Richard Nixon addressed the nation, asking citizens to lower their thermostats, refrain from driving on Sundays, and go easy on their Christmas light displays. In the years that followed, the U.S. pursued a policy of energy independence, to protect it from such crises in the future. One of the new policy’s initiatives was the creation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), a stockpile of crude oil that the country could tap during emergencies. With a present-day capacity of more than 727 million barrels of oil, the reserve allows the country to respond to shortages—and attempt to prevent them. Most recently, the U.S. said it would release 30 million barrels to energy companies after Russia, one of the world’s top oil producers, once again invaded Ukraine in late February 2022. Coordinated with other world powers, the release was intended to stabilize volatile oil markets and ultimately reduce gas prices that were skyrocketing amid fears of a shortfall. But many environmental advocates argue that relying on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to manage shortages is only a stopgap measure. In light of the looming climate crisis, they argue, the U.S. should end its dependence on fossil fuels and pivot to green energy sources instead. How does the Strategic Petroleum Reserve work? The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was originally created for emergencies—to be used in the face of severe disruptions to the global oil supply. To date, the U.S. has only ordered three emergency releases from the reserve. In 1991, when war broke out in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm, the U.S. released 17.2 million barrels of oil. In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina devastated oil production along the Gulf Coast, 20.8 million barrels were released. And in 2011, the U.S. and IEA jointly released 60 million barrels of oil when the civil war in Libya disrupted oil supplies. But global emergencies are not the only time the U.S. taps into its oil reserves. The U.S. also periodically conducts sales to private companies from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to test its readiness or raise revenue. And the country can also use the reserve to help private companies recover from smaller-scale disasters, such as extreme weather or shipping channel closures." I presume you must know of the war between Russia and the Ukraine. It can release oil if it needs to whenever the US federal government deems it necessary ( it appears Biden can use an executive order without US Lawmakers involvement ) according to reliable sources. What are your sources?

https://news.yahoo.com/u-sell-45-million-bbls-203210454.html "U.S. to sell up to 45 million bbls oil from reserve as part of historic release Tue, June 14, 2022, 3:32 PM·1 min read Summary FILE PHOTO: The Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve is seen in an aerial photograph over Freeport, Texas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday said it was selling up to 45 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of the Biden administration's previously announced, largest-ever release from the stockpile. Deliveries of crude from the SPR sale would take place from Aug. 16 through Sept. 30, the Energy Department said. The Biden administration said in late March it would release a record 1 million barrels of oil per day of oil for six months from the SPR, held in a series hollowed-out salt caverns on the coasts of Louisiana and Texas."

https://momentofinanciero.mx/subsidiar-la-importacion-de-gasolina-cuesta-al-gobierno-7-pesos-por-litro/ Google Translation: "Subsidizing gasoline costs the Mexican federal government 7 pesos per liter The price of importing gasoline from the US increases 121% and the federal government subsidy remains at 7 pesos per liter Posted by Diana Duran June 15, 2022 ECONOMY AND FINANCE Due to skyrocketing prices for gasoline in the US, the main supplier of that fuel to Mexico, the federal government subsidy is 7 pesos per liter. And it is that between January and the first fortnight of June 2022 the import price of our neighbor increased 121.4%"

The "scorced earth policy" you mentioned is simply a US Military magazine article SUGGESTING Taiwan do that if invaded by China. Taiwan never said they plan to do it as you say - that they are set up to do it. Dumb stuff at any rate. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/taiwan-should-adopt-a-broken-nest-policy-and-destroy-tsmc-in-wake-of-any-chinese-invasion-suggests-us-military-paper/

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Recently the CFE took the "escrituras" as proof of ownership of the property with the addresses of 5 sales of 3 friends of mine as soon as the money was transfered to the 5 owners without the registered "escrituras" which took a year for the Notario to get. No need to wait to change the name on the CFE bill.

Winnipeg is like this lately.

https://www.wellsfargo.com/help/international-access-codes/ "International Access Codes - Wells Fargo Customers outside of the United States can call Wells Fargo customer service toll-free from most countries. If you are calling from Mexico, dial one of the following: Telcel mobile network blocks international toll free calls For personal accounts: 001-800-8693557 For business accounts: 001-800-2255935 For online customer service: 001-800-9564442" If you use Telcel they BLOCK toll free international calls.

Most 1-800 US numbers won't work from Mexico. Never did. Check the bank's website and use the non 800 or whatever toll free number and use it. It wll be a US area code number.

Decades ago Similares sold drugs that were mislabeled, contained contaminates, were below name brand doises etc. and got caught many times. They cannot get away with it anymore. Because of their past fraud I feel compeled to not do business with the chain. They screwed over many customers and do not deserve my business.

https://news.yahoo.com/mexican-president-slams-opposition-defeating-143802271.html Mexican president sees 'treason' behind power bill defeat, businesses relieved Dave Graham and Kylie Madry Mon, April 18, 2022, 9:38 AM·3 min read Summary 1 / 2 Mexican president sees 'treason' behind power bill defeat, businesses relieved Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers his quarterly report on his government's programs By Dave Graham and Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's president on Monday excoriated opposition lawmakers for voting down a major electricity reform, though business groups were cheered by Sunday's vote, which lifted some of the investor uncertainty clouding the country's energy market. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decried the defeat of his bid to change the constitution to tighten state control of the power market as "treason," though it could lower the risk of Mexico becoming embroiled in costly trade disputes. ADVERTISEMENT "Although the law's defeat offered a measure of relief to investors, considerable uncertainty remains for businesses that have been unsettled by a raft of efforts by Lopez Obrador to reinforce state domination of the industry. The leftist leader had spent months championing the bill he said would protect consumers and make Mexico more self-sufficient. Opponents argued it would raise electricity costs and undermine the country's clean energy commitments. The opposition united to reject the bill, and Lopez Obrador's National Regeneration Movement and its allies in the lower house of Congress fell well short of the two-thirds majority needed for constitutional amendments. "I believe that yesterday was an act of treason against Mexico committed by a group of legislators who, instead of defending the interests of the people ... became outright defenders of foreign companies," Lopez Obrador said, speaking at a regular news conference. The legislation would have prioritized state power utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) over private operators. Business lobbies and Mexico's top trade partner the United States had warned it could violate a North American trade agreement. Neil Herrington, senior vice president for the Americas at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said the bill's defeat was ultimately in Mexico's best interest. "Lawmakers realized that the proposal, as submitted, would have severely undermined the country's business climate at a time when foreign investment is needed more than ever to generate jobs and growth," he said in a statement. Mexico's Business Coordinating Council (CCE) applauded lawmakers for showing "great responsibility." Lopez Obrador submitted the bill last autumn after courts blocked a series of legislative measures and decrees aimed at bolstering the CFE, which relies heavily on fossil fuels from cash-strapped state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex)."

Private company? After you read these articles and comments you say this. Why? Private companies that generate electricity legally through the last constutional electrical reform had contracts with CFE to buy electricity from them. CFE bills customers but do not have a monopoly on producing electricity now. Private electricity producers have been in Mexico and selling electricty to CFE for 20 years. AMLO wrote a book on how he will get CFE back to having a monopoly generating electricity in Mexico and get rid of the investors and expropiate or close their generating plants, solor farms, windmill areas, pipelines etc. , both national and international investments like it was before. His book also includes the same plan for petroleum but PEMEX always bought imported light crude to mix to refine Mexico's heavy crude into gas and diesel. Most natural gas they imported and other refined gas and diesel as Pemex could not produce enough for national use especially since Mexico modernized. This is why the Dos Bocas 18 billion USD refinery. It is state of the art and does more barrels per year than Pemex's 5 old refineries combined. It doesn't require light crude oil to mix with the Gulf heavy crude Mexico has to refine gas and diesel. It could be finished by 2026. He also plans to get rid of national and international investors involved in oil drilling rigs already in production in the Gulf, exploration in the Gulf, refining and distribution and have Pemex own and control it. Billions and billions of dollars are needed to pay off these investors to add to Pemex's possibly 1/2 trillion dollar augmenting debt. Recently Mexico borrowed 7.8 billion from the IMF and dropped 4 of it into Pemex's debt payment. None of these plans are very substainable plans.

This was a constitutional reform and 2/3 in favor was needed to pass. The supreme court ruled 2 weeks ago about 1/4 of the reform was unconstitutional not even considering many of the parts of it being against the trade agreement between the US and Canada. The parts that would have made it pass with 50 percent AMLO didn't care about he wants the parts that were unconstitutional so the reform was not ratified to be a constitional legal electric reform. The US investors generating electricity in Mexico alone would loose 10 billion USDs and because of the part the supreme court rejected would allow these companies to sue Mexico for the 10 billion which is one of the reasons AMLO would not ratify the reform that he wrote. The trade agreement can also be used to sue Mexico. The supreme court in this case has saved Mexico many billions of dollars so far.