Well I guess the options are

1) nationalise production so that you have control over it. But to do that you presumably have to pay for the companies unless you are going to simply take them over. That would spook the markets.

2) Agree some kind of long term purchase contact with the producer. But that is not going to be at a price that is less than commercial so it is not going to produce loads of cheap oil or gas. There is also the questions of (a) what you do with it as a government and (b) how you then sell it onto the market in way that helps consumers.

Posted By: Knitted Jesus, Jun 3, 16:07:48