President Obama has bragged that during his time in office “wind and solar electricity production has doubled” and should play a major role in the future energy mix of the country. So, let’s examine how much wind and solar have contributed to U.S. energy growth and how that growth compares to the growth in oil and natural gas production during the same time period. Examining data on energy production from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), it turns out that oil and natural gas production increased more than 9 times faster than wind and solar production.