[Tvrm]

In reality if there is a limit in the amount of oil out there then our policy has been to use everyone elses oil and hold on to our supply / reserves / exploration until as late a possible. Seems reasonable to me (the terrorist aspect of it all has change the situation but....)

[beyond the sea]

Seems reasonable to me (the terrorist aspect of it all has change the situation but....)

"Seems" being the key word.

;-)

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

then our policy has been

There has been no policy and there has been no strategy. It is has all happened based on the market which is skewed by OPEC.

Of course the market for oil is destined to be skewed because it makes no financial sense to have excess capacity unless you are a monopoly supplier trying to manipulate the price.

The problem with the theory in this thread is that it does not correspond to observed reality in any meaningful way. It relies on conspiracy theories and postulations that are as far out there as some things on the left.

It sounds a bit like the delusions of a addict who is certain heroin doesn't come from only poppy's cause "he has a theory".