$7/gallon gas is a good thing. $10/gallon is better and $15/gallon is better yet.
As the article above says, there are already people paying $1,000 month on gas with prices around $4/gallon. That’s $12,000/year (duh). It looks like the Tesla can cut gas costs by around 90% or so. If gas prices triple, a Tesla can dang near pay for itself in a year.
I hope to see gas prices skyrocket from here. It will cause short term pain, but in a few years the U.S. will adjust. Over the very long term we’ll all be much better off as pollution will decrease dramatically, global warming may start to reverse, and all that oil money that is going to fund terrorist states will dry up. I see nothing but good coming from higher gas prices.