Who said anything about solar panels?
I just want to stop using mideast oil. Terribly unstable area of the world and the sooner we don't need to rely on that region the better.

Not sure about your power plant, mine doesn't burn oil though. Actually, all my electricity comes from wind turbines. But even if it was all coal, it would still burn less carbon than the oil.

You raise a good point though, this is not a 100% 'green' solution as carbon is burned somewhere. However, it is a heck of a lot better than the current oil burning cars:)