[Uncledave]

I'm all for the products you mentioned, and the sentiment of getting off oil, but fyi oil is hardly used to generate electricity in this country: It's mostly coal and nat gas with some nukes & hydro. Oil is used for transportation, industrial purposes and heating in the NE.

[aculeus]

I'm all for the products you mentioned, and the sentiment of getting off oil, but fyi oil is hardly used to generate electricity in this country: It's mostly coal and nat gas with some nukes & hydro.

I believe the big ConEd generating plant on the East Side of Manhattan runs on bunker fuel ... heavy oil similar to that burned in ships. Not sure about other NYC plants but doubt they burn coal and know they're not nuke.