Table 4-49. U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use by Sector, 1990-1998 (Million metric tons of carbon)
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Table 4-49. U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use by Sector, 1990-1998 (Million metric tons of carbon)
| Sector | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial | 454.8 | 444.1 | 461.6 | 461 | 471 | 469.2 | 483.8 | 489.7 | 480.2 | 481.2 |
| Residential | 254.2 | 259 | 258.6 | 274.3 | 272.2 | 273.4 | 289.6 | 288.6 | 288.8 | 290.1 |
| Commercial | 207.7 | 208 | 207.8 | 213.6 | 217.1 | 220.6 | 229.2 | 241.5 | 244.5 | 243.5 |
| Transportation | 431.8 | 424.3 | 431.1 | 436.4 | 449.1 | 457.6 | 468.7 | 473.6 | 481.9 | 496.1 |
| Motor Gasoline | 260.6 | 259.2 | 263.1 | 268.9 | 273.3 | 279.0 | 284.0 | 286.5 | 292.9 | 299.1 |
| Liquid Petroleum Gas | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Jet Fuel | 60.1 | 58.1 | 57.6 | 58.1 | 60.4 | 60.0 | 62.7 | 63.3 | 64.2 | 66.3 |
| Distillate Fuel | 75.7 | 72.6 | 75.3 | 77.3 | 82.5 | 85.1 | 89.7 | 93.5 | 96.4 | 100.1 |
| Residual Fuel | 21.9 | 22 | 23 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 19.7 | 18.4 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 17.5 |
| Lubricants | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Aviation Gas | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Total Petroleum | 421.2 | 414.6 | 421.6 | 426.4 | 438.2 | 446.5 | 457.4 | 461.5 | 471.5 | 485.8 |
| Natural Gas | 9.8 | 9 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Electricity | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Total CO2 Emissions from End-Use Sector Energy Consumption | 1,348.6 | 1,335.3 | 1,359.1 | 1,385.3 | 1,409.6 | 1,421.0 | 1,471.5 | 1,493.4 | 1,495.4 | 1510.8 |
| Total U.S. CO2 Emissions | 1,350.0 | 1,338.4 | 1,365.1 | 1,396.8 | 1,422.5 | 1,434.7 | 1,484.1 | 1,505.2 | 1,507.4 | 1526.8 |
NOTES: Electric utility emissions are distributed across end-use sectors.
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Tons of carbon can be converted to tons of carbon dioxide gas by multiplying by 3.667. One ton of carbon equals 3.667 tons of carbon dioxide gas.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 1999, DOE/EIA-0573(98) (Washington, DC: October 1999), available at Internet site www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/ggrpt/html, as of Nov.7, 2000