You are uninformed.
The reason gas prices are down, is not only because of our record oil and natural gas production in the U.S., which has been in place for two years now, and the prices were still high, but because of how oil is traded, because of hedge funds getting out of oil, as well as oil companies facing lower prices and panicking.
It was just waiting to happen.
And they will stay low for at least 6 months to a year.
The effects of this on international politics, Russia, Iran, etc., will be huge.