It's funny how there are always excuses for raising prices but when those reasons are gone prices don't go back down.
Have you not seen any price decreases in the last decade? Especially when it comes to technology? Naturaly gas was declining for many years, and only recently has been increasing. Oil isn't at all-time highs, and has fallen from those, and while it's currently rising, I will remind you of the saying that was heard when the price of oil skyrocketed in the past: "the solution for high oil prices are high oil prices".
Also very recently, lumber was skyrocketing and has dropped significantly from highs.