“Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that’s a straw, you see? You watching? And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake… I… drink… your… milkshake! I drink it up!” -There Will Be Blood
The top oil producing areas in this country are states like Texas, Alaska, and California (home of Daniel Plainview). On PolicyMap, you can look up the top areas of employment in the oil and gas extraction industry:
However, when it comes to home heating, that oil goes through a straw acroooooooss the country, and it’s the Northeast that drinks the oil:
So to your list of Northeastern stereotypes, you can add something new: Northeasterners use oil or kerosene to heat their homes more than anywhere else in the country.
Here are the top ten oil producers (by employment) and consumers (by household) in the United States: