&gt; we&#x27;re likely to see prices at the pump go up by orders of magnitude over a relatively short timescale<p>Do you really believe that in a short period of time gasoline is going to cost a few orders of magnitude more... that&#x27;s 1,000x the current cost?<p>Post-fracking that&#x27;s unlikely to happen. Prices may return to previous levels, but they won&#x27;t move much more than that. Alternative energy will reduce demand for oil and therefor depress the price of oil, not the other way around.