War And Petroleum Reserves

Here is a prescient essay about why there has been a worldwide glut in petroleum production:

In the interest of analytical balance, we would do well to consider the possibility of war strategies when it comes to the global stockpiling of petroleum reserves.  In the years leading up to the German invasion of Poland, the world witnessed dramatic decreases in the price of oil as well as massive increases in petroleum inventories, especially as the Texas fields began to produce.

These shifts in the global oil markets ran parallel to the deflation which had begun in October, 1929, and as such, we can see the same pattern repeating today as oil prices collapse, inventories are growing, and world wide deflation is deepening.

http://philosophyofmetrics.com/2015/02/16/war-petroleum-reserves/

Does this mean war is imminent? I would not be surprised.

And don't limit your thinking to war with Russia. It's quite likely that Israel (with US acquiescence) is getting ready to attack Iran. That would certainly disrupt world oil markets, and lo and behold the powers that be are getting ready for it.

See, they're not that dumb after all.