So a crisis looms. Matthew Simmons of Strategic Economic Decisions says that the crisis will be global because the $3 trillion-a-year energy industry underpins every aspect of society.

所以能源危机正在迫近，经济战略中心的Matthew Simmons说这个危机是全球性的，因为每年3万亿的能源行业支撑着社会的各个方面。

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As OPEC cuts output and oil companies shelve expansion programs, an oil shortage is coming, says Matthew Simmons.

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Matthew Simmons was not proven wrong by the decline in the oil price in late 2008, and early 2009.

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Matthew Simmons has given 30-plus speeches in the past year, to audiences as diverse as the Pentagon and the Colorado School of Mines.

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