Ever since we crested peak oil, the price has dropped.
That sounds like:
"Since the price stopped going up, it has been going down".
Did you mean something different?
Remember what George Soros did to the British economy. By shorting the pound he almost brought England to its financial knees. Could it be that someone(s) did the same bidding up the price of oil to hurt the economy enough just before the elections. Let’s face it, a bad economy will hurt Republicans. The price for a barrel of oil has declined over 50% while world demand has dropped 7%.