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Fiendish Thingy

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5. Like I said, not all of it

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:22 PM

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I’m sure there is a system in place to maintain the “freshness” of the reserves.

If the capacity of the reserves is 400 million barrels, I’m sure that much has been released and replaced over the past 40 years.

It’s not all in one big, ginormous tank.

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