Without delving into the likely merits of the underlying proposition of Matthew Simmons' "Twilight in the Desert" thesis (his original presentation can be found here), I found it notable that he author of the WSJ piece is from the American Enterprise Institute, not exactly the sort of group one might expect to climb on board the "peak oil" bandwagon.  It also struck me as odd that the WSJ placed the article (review?) on its Leisure & Arts page.

To the extent that this hasn't already been done elsewhere, any thoughts on the presentation?