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TABLE 14-2b Transportation Sector Energy Use and Gross
Domestic Product: 1994–2004
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Transportation
sector energy use
(quadrillion BTU) |
23.5 |
24.0 |
24.5 |
24.8 |
25.4 |
26.1 |
26.7 |
26.3 |
26.7 |
26.9 |
27.5 |
Gross
Domestic Product (GDP)
(billions of chained 2000 dollars) |
7,836 |
8,032 |
8,329 |
8,704 |
9,067 |
9,470 |
9,817 |
9,891 |
10,075 |
10,381 |
10,842 |
| Transportation energy
use per dollar GDP |
3,000 |
2,983 |
2,943 |
2,850 |
2,797 |
2,757 |
2,720 |
2,657 |
2,649 |
2,593 |
2,538 |
KEY: Btu = British thermal units. The average heat content of motor gasoline
is 129,024 Btu per gallon. One
quadrillion Btu is equivalent to 7.75 billion gallons of motor gasoline.
SOURCES: Transportation
sector energy use—U.S. Department of
Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly
Energy Review, available at
http://www.eia.doe.gov/mer/, as of April 2005. GDP—U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis,
National Income and Product Account tables, available at http://www.bea.gov/,
as of April 2005.
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