WORST. PRESIDENT. EVER. I know, I briefed both he and President Reagan.
I think that Obama is probably a lot smarter than Carter. Whether he will stick with his current proposals if he experiences the realities of the world remains to be seen. As for Hillary, I think she is a lot more pragmatic and ruthless than Carter could ever even imagine being, otherwise why would 35 retired high ranking military men be for her? Hopefully we will survive whoever wins.
Regarding the oil crisis in the early 70’s, I believe that OPEC decided to cut production because they were angry at us, also it did not help that we reached “peak oil” about that time and had to start importing a lot more. And before you start screaming ANWAR, consider whether we want to extract all our easy oil and then have little left for our next 100 years when we may need the other products that can be made from it. Frankly I hate being in the position of importing 2/3 of our petroleum needs, and ANWAR simply would not come close to changing that figure.
Robert Novack in his autobiography, The Prince of Darkness, said Dhimmi Carter was the most lying person, not President, but person, he ever met in his life and fifty years of reporting.