Forum Post: Here is why Obama wanted gasoling prices along with natrual gas prices to go up.

I remember in one of his speeches he made the comment that he would like to see prices of gasoline go up to $5.00 a gallon. He also stated that he would shut down the Coal Mining Industry and continued to "tout" why we needed "alternative energy sources".

Here is the answer to why he made these statements

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/ff_solyndra/all/1