Hey Ladymars.....that was an awesome article. Shame more people in our Government didn't read it. (Or understand it.)
Simmons was transformed overnight from an influential industry expert to an A-list pundit by the publication in 2005 of his book "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy," a fairly technical read which argues that Saudi Arabia's oil supplies are much more limited than everyone thinks.
I have thought this since I was 16. Finite is finite. Nothing on our God given Earth is infinite, except for the stupidity of all humanity.