The average price of gas in 2009 was somewhere between 2 and 3 dollars not 4.
http://www.randomuseless.info/gasprice/gasprice.txt
The high price of crude oil encouraged the development of new recovery technology, which increase the supply. The slowing down of the economies in China and India also increased the supply. Green energy sources also increased the supply.
The business cycle simply doesn't match the political cycle.
Historical Gas Price Charts - GasBuddy.com
When Obama took office it was nearly $2.59 per gallon after as you can see below it was in Jan 2008 about $1.59...
Then over the next 6 years kept climbing till 4/26/2011 it was over $4.00!
Continued at the $3.35 and up for nearly 3 years then started to fall WHEN fracking really started to make a dent in the crude prices.
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When obama took office the price of gas was $1.50. The week before, Jan 11, 2009, the price was in the $1.30's.
With obama pronouncements and actions on stifling recently granted offshore drilling the price went back up because of the same dynamic that made it drop; supply, demand and the potential for both.
People who continue to deflect from this reality and excuse obama energy policy make me sick because they helped break my budget. I hope you go broke.