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Re:Texas Is About to Create OPEC’s Worst Nightmare by hnphillipj on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @05:08PM (#18506502)
I'll change my comment from not -> hardly.

https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3

While your number seems like a lot, it's really just a drop in the bucket. The US consumes close to 8 billion barrels of oil annually. I was, however, surprised that it was still as high as 0.5%.

Re:Texas Is About to Create OPEC’s Worst Nightmare by tropo on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @11:55PM (#18507942)
Hawaii likes to generate power that way. Northern parts of Alaska do too.