Nice combination of freakonomics with hypothetics. I can understand a discussion of $8 and $18 gas prices without factoring in the effect of new technology and

Nice combination of freakonomics with hypothetics. I can understand a discussion of $8 and $18 gas prices without factoring in the effect of new technology and energy sources over the next decade or so - it's just adding made-up stuff on top of made-up projections. But not factoring for more predictable things like inflation and wage rises over that time? It's a recipe for scaremongering or, worse still, an article so far-fetched nobody takes any notice of the serious underlying issue.