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Probably didn't come across too well, huh?  Try it this way: assume that energy availability was virtually limitless, which could allow for a lot more expansion of our population and economy.  According to standard economic principles, oil companies would proliferate.  Kenneth Deffeyes tells a lot about this very thing in his writings.  If you'd like, I could go find a reference but you can google him.  He was Professor Emeritus of Geology at Princeton and grew up in the oil patch.