While banks have been crumbling and markets panicking...

Crude oil has dipped below 100, and now came charging back.

Reading this article is making me curious about this guy's book.

I think it will be the next book on my bus ride reading list after this one:

Here's his thoughts on McCain's energy policy

"John McCain is energy illiterate," Simmons is saying. "He's just witless about this stuff. As a lifelong Republican, I'm supporting Obama." A dozen oil and gas men sitting around a conference table in Lafayette, La., chuckle nervously as he continues. "McCain says, 'Oh, we're going to wean ourselves off foreign oil in four years and build 45 nuclear plants by 2030.' He doesn't have a clue."