matt simmons is , first of all , an oil man. why would you expect him to say anything different? he has never implied that oil was still not the central fixture of the u.s. energy picture...i wouldn't expect him to be growing corn on the back forty in order to make biodiesel, or cranking up a wind turbine so he can watch the tube.
Actually, he is an energy man more than an oil man from what I see. I see him promoting all ways to address the energy situation. He supports alternative energy as well as oil. He is just not an environmentalist in any conventional sense. He believes human well-being relies on adequate energy supplies of all kinds for food, transport and quality of life.