Episode 25: We Gotta Give The Government Acronym Guys A Raise

Hello! In this episode of Tran Girlismo, Victoria goes Wonk Mode, as it is her natural response to environmental stressors such as wildfire smoke and extreme heat that was gripping the state of Washington last week. First: What's The Deal With The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, amirite folks? No but seriously we're running out of oil to pull from it, it turns out, and the impact on the oil market will be... almost certainly not good.

Next, Victoria explains that if you do nothing but deplete war materiel for four straight years, you eventually run out of war materiel. Then you gotta buy more. It turns out that every American car company (but especially GM), fresh out of ideas about how to make cars, wants to get in on that sweet, sweet gravy train, probably at the expense of any of us ever being able to afford a car again. (Victoria apologizes for making this episode a little TrashFuture-y but she just guested and she had a lot of fun so it felt like a good way to take it.)

Finally, and by far the most fun, JORDAN. ANNOUNCES. HER. NEW. FUN. CAR. It is not exactly congruent with the material conditions of America but hey a girl's gotta have a little hope, right?

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As always, our opening theme is off Horse Tranquilizer Simulatorby Stella Spazzatura and our editor is Alex, aka Harmful Park!

Referenced Stories:
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Quick Facts @US DOE
March 11th Chris Wright Announcement @US DOE
Current Crude Stocks In SPR @US EIA
Congress and DOE Need a Unified Plan to Align Priorities and Investments for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve @US Government Accountability Office
SPR Under Stress @CNBC
Operational Floor of the SPR @Bloomberg
US Refinery Capacity Utilization + Chris Wright Comments @EnergyNow
US Average Gas Gallon Cost @AAA
Bob McNally Interview @EnergyNow
CENTCOM Claims/Ghost Shipping Estimates @Bloomberg
Global Reserves Exhaustion Estimates @US EIA
Chevron Profit Quadruples @CNBC
Mike Stone Defense Industry Feature @Reuters
Spending On Ukrainian Defense @Council on Foreign Relations
Hegseth Budget @The Guardian
Castelion Blackbeard Contract @Castelion
Pentagon Approaches Automakers For Weapons @WSJ
General Motors To Build Ventilators (2020 Reporting By Victoria) @Jalopnik
Barra Expects Billion Dollar Chevy Colorado Contract [by Summer Ballentine] @DetroitNews
The M130 Infantry Squad Vehicle @Wikipedia
Mad Max's Pickup Truck [Victoria's ZR2 First Drive] @Motor1
ICE Gives $2.5 Million No-Bid Contract To Rick Hendrick @Zeteo
Trump Pardons Hendrick Nephew @Daytona Beach News-Journal
FY2021 Annual Report @Director Of Operational Test & Evaluation
GM Profit Soars [by Summer Ballentine] @Detroit News