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>>>>>>>only 1.4% of US oil use is for electrical power generation<<<<<<<

you must be a lawyer? Are U saying 98.6% of the oil used for elec power generation is non-US oil? or, that 98.6% of US oil is used for auto petrol or other non-electrical uses because light US is better for autos etc?

If true, You’re making the case for nuke energy if we could avoid buying 98% of our electrical power generation needs in the form of non-US imported oil.

Do you have a link, BTW?

I use bulk oil for heating but would switch to electrical heat in a flash if it was price competitive. My apt had electric heat 30 yrs ago during college days and I now remember how clean the apt was vs forced air in my house today. Also, my sinuses would love electric heat again as quality of life would improve greatly.

Forty years ago experts thought nuke energy would allow for free non-metered service to residential homes, but how times have changed because of LAWYERS!

you must be a lawyer?

No, an electrical engineer, specialty in power systems, and a couple decades working in the energy industry.

Are U saying 98.6% of the oil used for elec power generation is non-US oil? or, that 98.6% of US oil is used for auto petrol or other non-electrical uses because light US is better for autos etc?

No, I said only 1.4% of US oil use is for electrical power generation

That means for every 1,000 barrels of oil consumed in the US, only 14 barrels is used to generate electrical power. And a significant portion of that oil is coke or residual oil, low value "leftovers" from the refinery process that has little other use.

Do you have a link, BTW?

Sure and some graphs to make it clear. Relatively little oil used in the US goes to generating electrical power. More nuclear power plants would do very little to reduce the amount of oil the US consumes.

Great sources of energy information, historical, present and future projects at:

Energy Information Administration
statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/