I'll change my comment from not -> hardly. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.ph...

		hnphillipj on Nov 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Texas Is About to Create OPEC’s Worst Nightmare I'll change my comment from not -> hardly. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 While your number seems like a lot, it's really just a drop in the bucket. The US consumes close to 8 billion barrels of oil annually. I was, however, surprised that it was still as high as 0.5%.

Hawaii likes to generate power that way. Northern parts of Alaska do too.