Energy Investment Banker, Government Energy Advisor and CFR member Matthew Simmons offers candid and explosive observations on the Northeast Blackout, Peak Oil and Gas and tells the truth about America's energy supplies. Will politicians rise to the challenge? Simmons says, "What that means in the starkest possible terms is that we are no longer going to be able to grow. It's like with a human being who passes a certain age in life. Getting older does not mean the same thing as death. It means progressively diminishing capacity, a rapid decline, followed by a long tail." http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/082103_blackout_summary.html