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华盛顿讯——美国能源部长克里斯·赖特周日表示，特朗普总统在今年早些时候发动对伊战争前“清楚知晓能源流动面临的风险”，但他辩称“世界无法承受伊朗拥有核武器的后果”。
“他知道这会在短期内推高能源价格，他说‘我会为此承受代价，但我必须做正确的事’，”赖特在接受《玛格丽特·布伦南直面全国》节目采访时如是说。
近几个月来，美国民众一直饱受汽油和柴油价格飙升带来的经济压力。但特朗普政府指出，拥有核武器的伊朗可能构成潜在威胁，这将长期对能源价格构成威胁。赖特周日为总统辩护，称特朗普采取了“强硬立场，即伊朗这个世界上最大的恐怖主义政权，绝对不能也不会拥有核武器”。
赖特有信心油价会回落，并列举了多个因素：霍尔木兹海峡地区供应增加、美国汽油产量上升、夏季驾车旺季即将结束等。当被问及是否预计未来四周油价会下跌时——正值共和党面临中期选举前夕的艰难选情——赖特表示：“肯定会。”
“柴油价格一直在下跌，汽油价格也在下跌，”赖特说，“我预计这种趋势会持续下去。”
近几周来，柴油价格飙升至每加仑6.50美元以上，给依赖柴油驱动农业机械的农民，以及从建筑公司到食品银行等依赖柴油为车辆和配送卡车提供动力的行业带来了沉重压力。赖特指出，近几天柴油价格已经下跌了逾20美分，并预计价格将继续走低。
“用不了多久，你就会看到油价跌破6美元，”他说，“但具体时间，我确实无法确定。”
赖特表示，“我们所做的一切都是为了增加柴油和汽油供应，坦率地说，也是为了扭转多年来完全相反的政策——这些政策削弱了我们生产、提炼和运输碳氢化合物的能力。”
赖特不愿就总统的计划以及中期选举后局势是否会升级为军事冲突发表评论。但他表示，特朗普“始终在为突发情况做准备，也一直在进行谈判”，外交和军事两条渠道均保持开放。
这位能源部长表示，上周七国集团国家达成的将在四个月内释放1亿桶燃油的协议是“一项重大举措”。他称此举“合乎情理”，并表示这将在整个冬季推动美国及全球柴油价格下跌。
“欧洲拥有大量柴油储备。但它们自身的柴油提炼能力无法满足国内经济需求，因此自然会大量储存柴油。它们非常希望美国柴油能继续运往欧洲。它们手头有大量柴油储备，为什么不释放一部分呢？”赖特说，“这就是我们储存柴油的目的——当俄罗斯柴油出口全面中断、中国表示不再继续供应柴油、海湾地区柴油供应出现减少时。我们正在恢复这些供应，但这需要时间。”
当被问及总统是否已排除柴油出口禁令的可能性（赖特此前反对该禁令）时，赖特表示，特朗普总统“每天都在抛出各种想法”，总统仍在参与相关讨论。
“看待这个问题有不同的角度。他一直在思考：‘我该如何降低能源价格？如何降低供暖价格、电价、汽油价格、柴油价格？’事实上，我想说，他对此的持续沟通可能对我们刚刚达成的协议起到了相当大的推动作用，”他说。
赖特补充道：“这就是一场关于我们掌握的诸多调控手段的持续对话：我们该如何压低柴油价格，同时压低汽油及其他商品的价格？”
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says Trump was “well aware of the risks to energy flows” before launching Iran war
2026-10-04T13:47:25-0400 / CBS News
Washington — Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that President Trump was “well aware of the risks to energy flows” before launching the war in Iran earlier this year, but argued “the world cannot sustain a nuclear-armed Iran.”
“He knew it was going to elevate energy prices in the short run, he said, ‘I’m going to take a hit there, but I got to do the right thing,’” Wright said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan”.
Americans have been feeling the financial squeeze of soaring gas and diesel prices in recent months. But the Trump administration has pointed to the potential threat a nuclear-armed Iran could pose, and how it could represent a long-term threat to energy prices. Wright defended the president on Sunday, arguing that Mr. Trump has taken a “strong stand that Iran, the world’s greatest terrorist regime, cannot and will not have nuclear weapons.”
Wright expressed confidence that prices will fall, pointing to increasing supplies coming out of the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. gasoline production, the summer driving season slowing, among other factors. Asked whether he expects prices to go down over the next four weeks — as Republicans eye a tough environment in the lead up to the midterm elections — Wright said, “absolutely.”
“Diesel prices have been going down, gasoline prices have been going down,” Wright said. “I expect that to continue.”
Diesel prices soared of above $6.50 a gallon in recent weeks, squeezing farmers, who rely on diesel to run agricultural machinery, along with industries from construction firms to food banks, which rely on diesel to fuel their vehicles and delivery trucks. Wright noted that diesel prices are down a little over 20 cents so far in recent days, adding that he expects the prices to continue to go down.
“You should see it below $6 before too long,” he said. “But exactly when, I certainly don’t know that.”
Wright said “everything we’re doing is to grow the supply of diesel, to grow the supply of gasoline, and frankly, again, to reverse years of policies that have been directed exactly the opposite-to shrink our ability to produce, refine, and deliver hydrocarbons.”
Wright wouldn’t weigh in on the president’s plans and whether things would escalate militarily after the midterm elections. But he said Mr. Trump is “always planning for contingencies and he’s always negotiating,” and both diplomatic and military tracks remain open.
The energy secretary said securing the agreement from the Group of Seven countries last week to release 100 million barrels of fuel over four months is a “big deal.” He called it “common sense” and said it will drive diesel prices down in the U.S. and around the world through the winter.
“Europe has very large diesel stores. They don’t refine enough diesel to supply their own economies, so naturally they store a lot of diesel. They’re very keen to see American diesel continue to flow to Europe. They’ve got a lot of diesel in stores. Why not release some of that?” Wright said. “This is what you store diesel for when all the Russian exports of diesel are shut down, when the Chinese have said we’re not going to deliver any more diesel, and you still have a reduction of diesel flows coming out of the Gulf. But we’re restoring those, but that takes time.”
Asked whether the president has ruled out an export ban on diesel, which Wright has opposed, Wright said “every day” Mr. Trump has been “throwing out ideas,” and the president remains engaged in discussions.
“There’s different ways to look at it. He’s always looking, ‘How do I lower energy prices? How do I lower heating prices, electricity prices, gasoline prices, diesel prices?’ In fact, I would say his constant communication of that may have been quite helpful in achieving the deal we just got,” he said.
Wright added, “It’s just a constant dialogue about the many levers we have, how can we drive down diesel prices and drive down gasoline and other prices along with it?”
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