[Protagoras]

I have said in the past that I welcome all innovations and discoveries.

Unless the alternative energy was less than $30, it would be useless.

Cheap energy would allow people to spend money on other things, but I have never been able to figure out why people think they are somehow entitled to inexpensive energy so they can buy plasma TVs.

[mysterio]

The alternative would only have to be cheaper than oil right now, with the potential to be made more cheaply in the future. Then oil would have someone to compete with, and that benefits everyone. My $30 figure was a rough guess at what the final equilibrium price might be if oil actually had to compete with an alternative.

So I guess your fortune teller graphic is in order. :)