BTS | Table 4-3 - Estimated Consumption of Alternative and - Replacement Fuels for Road Motor Vehicles

Table 4-3
Estimated Consumption of Alternative and
Replacement Fuels for Road Motor Vehicles

(Thousand gasoline-equivalent liters)

	Canada			Mexico			United States
	1990	1995	1996	1990	1995	1996	1992^a	1995	1996
Fuel consumption, total	42,324,176	46,177,399	46,997,886	N	N	N	508,118,000	548,035,000	560,929,000
Alternative fuels, total	824,370	1,179,468	1,210,743	N	N	N	869,248	1,050,478	1,125,142
Liquified petroleum gases (LPG)	748,240	954,847	985,256	N	N	N	787,903	880,869	905,312
Compressed natural gas (CNG)	76,110	224,321	225,187	N	N	N	63,682	133,103	177,623
Liquified natural gas (LNG)	0	0	0	N	N	N	2,214	10,444	12,291
Methanol, 85 percent (M85)	20	300	300	N	N	N	4,047	10,928	12,833
Methanol, neat (M100)	0	0	0	N	N	N	9,641	8,139	1,314
Ethanol, 85 percent (E85)	0	0	0	N	N	N	79	719	2,627
Ethanol, 95 percent (E95)	0	0	0	N	N	N	322	3,766	10,217
Electricity	NS	NS	NS	N	N	N	1,359	2,510	2,926
Oxygenates Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)	NS	NS	NS	N	N	N	4,448,000	10,187,300	10,408,700
Ethanol in gasohol	10,000	40,000	40,000	N	N	N	2,654,000	3,447,400	2,499,100
Traditional fuels
Gasoline	33,928,534	35,017,600	35,471,523	N	N	N	416,906,000	438,892,000	445,857,000
Diesel	7,561,272	9,940,331	10,275,620	N	N	N	90,343,000	108,092,590	113,946,310

^aU.S. data for 1990 are not available. Nearest data year is 1992.

KEY: N = Data are nonexistent. NS = Not significant.

NOTE

Mexico

Alternative fuels, liquefied petroleum gases: In Table 4-2 under road, other fuels, an estimation of fuel consumption in petajoules is shown.

SOURCES

Canada

Natural Resources Canada. Office of Energy Efficiency. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).

United States

U.S. Department of Energy. Energy Information Administration. Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels, 1996. (Washington, DC: 1997).