Interesting to note that Wohlforth wrote an entire column extolling alternate energy without using any actual numbers. Last I knew, wind and solar didn't equalize with petroleum until approximately $170/barrel. That's why every solar installation, including those in this state, need extremely heavy govt subsidies to get erected. Fire Island, for example, was built with massive 'grants' from the feds and the state and still needs to sell power to Chugach and M L & P for 60% more than what it costs our local utilities to generate power with clean natural gas.

Oil will go up and will be past $60 by Labor Day, pushing $70 by next spring. Why? Growing markets, especially India which has a huge population under 25 that want cars.