are you an optimist or a pessimist?

http://www.spr.doe.gov/dir/dir.html . STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE INVENTORY CURRENT SPR INVENTORY AS OF May 20, 2009 SWEET SOUR TOTAL 289.5 million bbls 432 million bbls * 721.5 SPR OIL MOVEMENTS in Millions of Barrels MONTH EXCHANGE BARRELS DRAWDOWN BARRELS NET MOVEMENT Aug-08 0.0 0.0 Sep-08 (4.80) A (4.80) Oct-08 (0.60) A (0.6) Nov-08 0.0 0.0 Dec-08 0.0 0.0 Jan-09 1.97 B 2.0 Feb-09 1.76 C 1.8 Mar-09 7.26 D 7.3 Apr-09 6.09 C 6.1 May-09 2.89 E 2.9 Jun-09 1.00 F 1.0 Jul-09 0.00 0.0 Aug-09 0.00 0.0 Sep-09 1.00 F 1.0 Oct-09 1.00 F 1.0 Nov-09 1.00 F 1.0 Dec-09 0.79 F 0.8 Jan-10 0.00 0.0 NOTE: The RIK IVd schedule is tentative and subject to change. ( ) = Barrels released from SPR * Totals may change due to rounding A Hurricane Gustav/Ike Exchange barrels B Hurricane Gustav Exchange barrels scheduled return (includes premium volumes) C Hurricane Gustav Exchange barrels scheduled return and Oil Purchase 2009 D Hurricane Gustav/Ike Exchange barrels scheduled return, RIK Phase IVb deferred deliveries and oil purchases. E Hurricane Gustav/Ike Exchange barrels scheduled return and RIK Phase IVb deferred deliveries and RIK IVd F RIK Phase IVd

It's still far from being filled. Though with oil prices far below what they were under the Bu$h administration, we could easily start pumping more into them now.