>But I also read elsewhere they only make up 8 percent of the total in the USA and are being phased out. A fraction of a percent now. http://www.eia.doe.gov/c

>But I also read elsewhere they only make up 8 percent of the total in the USA and are being phased out. A fraction of a percent now. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table1_1.html http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table1_1.html It's not a sane choice; burning oil for electricity is absurdly expensive. According to the EPA, it was 20% of NYC's electricity as of 2005: http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-and-you/how-clean.html http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-and-you/how-clean.html