It's not the amount of oil that can be pulled out of the ground that is the shortfall. it's the amount that can be refined(processed) into usable form that is the bottleneck. All existing refineries are at max capacity. building new refineries will take time. till then... more of the same.
As the price of oil gets higher more of the "alternatives" become more attractive. (crossing fingers)
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