At first, you may have mistaken it for more ranting from Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. But do not be fooled: $200-a-barrel oil could very well be in your future.

 Goldman Sachs, otherwise known as the largest and most successful investment bank in the world, has said prices could hit the previously unthinkable mark within the next six months, as gluttonous demand for oil continues on a worldwide scale.

 While economists and environmentalists used to have little in common other than an affinity for the color green, this news should please both groups. It brings the price of fossil fuels more in line with their costs to the environment, and encourages people to find more sustainable means of transportation without interfering in the free market.

 Indeed, this is only the latest such overlap in interests between the two formerly inimical schools of thought. So while a few economically-minded people might still take a green pie in the schnoz now and then, it seems increased demand for oil worldwide could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.