Matt Simmons has died (champion of peak oil and author of Twilight in the Desert). Apparently he had a heart attack in the bath (age 67).
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Matt Simmons has died (champion of peak oil and author of Twilight in the Desert). Apparently he had a heart attack in the bath (age 67).
After Twilight in the Desert Matt Simmons took on a view point on any oil subject going and got sucked in to believing himself an expert even when his guess was little better than yours or mine might be. The comments he made about the Deepwater Horizon spill going for the next 24 years.and the spill poluting the entire east coast must have cost his health dearly,given that the well is now entirely sealed. This is sad as he was one of the first to make us aware of Peak Oil.
I had a quick search and came up with this article. Something seemed to be wrong with Simmons...didn't it?
I heard,
I hope simmons will be remembered for all the right reasons, and not the ones that were at the end of is distinguished career...
It is really not that uncommon for people to lose it in their old age...
Legend...
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Agree totally - peak oil or not - what he did point out and is true for other energy & metals etc is the marginal cost of production going up which has huge ramifications - hope he gets a nobel prize? in economics or similar.
I would not say 67 is that old....
I hear DS on the wireless this morning saying NZO is considering taking the drilling rig operators to court over the poor state of repair the rig was in for the recent drills, not surprised if NZO were a little narked about the delays for maintenance while drilling was (not) going on.
He also mentioned the rates for contracting rigs for the end of next summer could be way less than previous contract rates.