Kurt Ullman wrote in news:kurtullman-
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In article ,
Jim Yanik wrote:
Then include more oil burned for electric power.....
How much oil is burned for power? Most of those plants are natural
gas, which isn't an oil product.
1.6% of all electric power,in 2006
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electri...a/epa_sum.html
I know it's a very small amount relative to the other fossil fuel power
sources,but it's still using petroleum.
(due to EPA regs,many oil-fired plants are converting to natural gas.)
here's the breakdown of fossil fuel use by type;
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electri...a/epat4p1.html
In addition,oil[diesel-electric trains] is also used to transport coal for
electric power generation...I don't know if that's included in the figures
for oil-fired generators. ;-)
I vote for more nuclear power plants,drilling in ANWR and the Gulf of
Mexico.
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Jim Yanik
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