If you ask a random bond-collecting "job creator", he would acting for money grab merely, without much thinking about actual power, just assuming that more money will provide to his dynasty more comfort, security, etc., including more opportunities for power. He would not even pause of how the financial nanny system would continue to reward his progeny. Most of power holders (nominal or secretive) would be ignorant (frequently willfully) about energy flows as well, even if doing oil business.

However, I suspect that the elites are increasingly coordinated in their wealth power quest. The coordination center might be very small - a core of Bilderbergers, say. And if the coordination is driven by peak oil concerns, that is very significant.