evidence: Texas ranks second in the nation, after California, in both population and the size of its economy.12,13 Texas is the largest energy-consuming state, accounting for about one-seventh of the nation's total energy use, and it is sixth among the states in per capita energy consumption.14,15 However, because Texas produces much more energy than it consumes, it is the nation's largest net energy supplier.16 The Texas industrial sector, which includes the energy-intensive chemical manufacturing, crude oil and natural gas extraction, and petroleum refining industries, is the state's largest energy consumer.17,18,19 It accounts for more than half of the state's total energy consumption and 24% of the nation's total industrial sector energy use. The transportation sector is the second-largest end-use energy user in Texas and accounts for about one-fourth of the state's energy consumption.20 [...] 58 U.S. Census Bureau, Texas, Table B25040, House Heating Fuel, 2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. [...] 117 U.S. Census Bureau, Texas, Table B25040, House Heating Fuel, 2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.