Extracting more means burning a dwindling candle hotter, so of course they would not increase production unless the profits increased.

Not increasing production means they understand that they have a finite time left, which is a good thing with a long-term mindset that is incongruent with a reality devoid of a holistic understanding of the situation. If you understand the situation, you grasp the futility of the options.

Yeah but he’s tell you too, so you HAVE to do what he says executives. He’ll try to go to war with you if you don’t abide by his bullshit don’t ya know.