当卡特接任总统职位时,有些人曾表示过希望他的新政府能改善美国与石油输出国组织的关系。卡特政府的官员们也曾暗示,国务卿基辛格博士离职时所着重鼓吹的对抗时代,很可能会被石油消费国和石油生产国之间的合作所代替,从而解决威胁着所有人类文明的能源危机。 When Carter took over as president, some have said he hopes his new government will improve the U.S. relations with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Carter administration officials have also hinted that the era of confrontation, which the Secretary of State Kissinger will focus on when it leaves his post, is likely to be replaced by cooperation between oil-consuming nations and oil-producing nations to address the energy crisis that threatens all human civilization .