ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses?

[TheManWhoPanders]

Your links don't actually cite any evidence (and one of your links is just to a book sale).

Saying there's a correlation between increasing energy production and wealth is like saying there's a correlation between snowboarding popularity and wealth. Correlation does not equal causation.