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Isn't this an argument for greater consolidation and vertical integration, and by proxy fewer companies and competition?

Maybe if they don't, they'll be completed out of existence?

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Pretty much all the global majors at this point are de-facto state owned companies (either explicitly or by have been bailed out and probably will again if things go south, as any guide), so I'm not sure how much this will matter.

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