Legislators will hear from oil expert

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Now if only we could get more states to take a look at the future of oil..

With oil prices around $100 per barrel and some predictions gasoline soon will cost $4 a gallon, an expert will appear before a joint legislative committee to share his opinions on peak oil demands.


Matthew R. Simmons, who served as an energy advisor to President Bush, is a prominent oil-industry figure and one of the world's leading experts on the topic of peak oil.

Simmons is scheduled to appear at a joint Minnesota House and Senate Energy Committee meeting February 4 at the State Office Building in St.

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