Lets do some math. Boatgeek can check my math.
Amount of petroleum fuel distillates produced in the US.
Amount of gasoline produced per year in the US. =
133 billion gallons.
Amount of diesel fuel produced domestically = 68 billion gallons
Amount of jet fuel produced domestically =
23.9 billion gallons
Amount of fuel oil produced domestically =
75 billlion gallons -
Total. 300 billions of gallons of distillates produced per year.
If 8kwh are needed to produce a gallon that is 2.4 trillion kwh hours devoted to distillate production. (8kwh x 300 billion gallons of distillates)
Total US electric generation is 2022 =
3.93 trillion kwh
So those who buy that 8kwh are needed to produce a gallon of gasoline must believe that 61% of ALL us electricity production goes to refining oil.
Now the EIA says that electricity use is allocated
thusly : ~39% residential, 35% commercial, 26% industrial, 0.2% transportation.
So something does not add up with these 8kwh or 6kwh numbers per gallon of gasoline.
So I am tired, and there is the possibility of a math mistake. Find it if I made one.