That was my personal thoughts not based on anyone elses data.  But then i looked up "gas at $10 gallon" on google & found lots of people supporting my theory.
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...rsAGallon.aspx  (very good article, along with a price calculator)
http://www.energybulletin.net/2897.html  (from october 2004)
obviously i wasn't the first person to see gas topping out at $10 per gallon