Almost no petroleum is employed in power generation. Probably less than 2% of our total KwH are generated by fuel oil.
Coal, natural gas and hydro are chief sources of energy.
......Coal, natural gas and hydro are chief sources of energy. .......
But it is oil that runs the trucks upon which the economy is dependent
No oil, Nothing else
You forget cars...
And trucks...
And Ships...
Virtually everything that is transported uses oil to do it. And it requires a huge amount of energy to do.
But I should have said “dirty” energy instead of just oil because these people are demanding that we stop using oil, coal and natural gas because they aren’t “clean”.