**Bangs head into wall repeatedly**
Yes oil producion will peak, no not in the forseable future, certainly not within 5 years.
No the worlds banks will not fall over if oil gets pricier.
The only reason oil sand/shale are uneconomic is because they cost more than $40/barrel to get out. But not much more.
That list of mergers is A. Inaccurate B. Misleading C. Pointless
The platinum article carefully misses out the massive and mysterious reserves in Russia, where platinum mining/production/reserves are still considered a state secret. And the entire Westveldt complex which is barely even scratched. Plus those liquid hydrogen loss figures are for piss poor insulated vessels, any cryogenic engineer worth his salt could do better than that.
Yes the black stuff wont last forever, however it wont happen soon. I think fusion will take care of it if I'm honest. They've got break even at the small scale so it's doable. What's needed is the impetus and all out effort, which is lacking at the moment.
Still if you want to live your life in gloom and only see the dark in everything go and read those books, then perhaps slash your wrist to cheer yourself up. But remember: Down not across.