1) Every one of his alternative energy source products requires PLASTIC, which is made from oil. When oil goes up, so does the cost of alternative energy.
2) EVERY POTUS can immediately lower the price of oil and gasoline simply by making a 100% positive-market announcement. Obama knows full well we don't need new exploration permits; we need new DRILLING permits and his adminsitration has blocked every one, including several already approved by Bush's DOE. All he'd have to do is say: "We're reversing course on Keystone, we're granting Shell that drilling permit and we're going to grant more drilling permits.
The next day, the price of oil and gas would fall. Markets are subject to psy-ops. If the POTUS sends a strong signal that we're ready to do whatever it takes, the markets will respond.
Blind, and deaf to reality. Dumb should be in there to. Unfortunately as the smartest man in the world, dumb just doesn’t fit.