>> find it odd that a country like
>> the US with the ultimate 'free market' are able to force their companies to do
>> what they want and yet over here our Govt seems very reluctant to intervene.
The US used to have, and I think still do, a fedaral mandated Strategic Stockpile that the oil companies have to maintain on US soil.
The UK used to have similar when we had the extensive Government Pipelines and Storage System (GPSS)
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