Table 4-49: U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use by Sector (Million metric tons of carbon)
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Table 4-49: U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use by Sector (Million metric tons of carbon)
| Sector | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total U.S. CO2 Emissions from energy use by sector | 1351.7 | 1336.0 | 1358.7 | 1384.8 | 1408.8 | 1421.3 | 1471.9 | 1493.3 | 1495.2 | 1517.2 | 1561.7 |
| Industrial | 452.7 | 439.8 | 455.1 | 452.9 | 463.3 | 461.1 | 476.1 | 481.5 | 469.5 | 465.8 | 465.7 |
| Residential | 257.0 | 261.6 | 261.8 | 278.4 | 275.8 | 277.9 | 293.9 | 292.8 | 293.7 | 298.8 | 313.4 |
| Commercial | 210.3 | 210.4 | 210.8 | 217.2 | 220.4 | 224.6 | 233.1 | 245.4 | 250.4 | 253.1 | 267.8 |
| Transportation, total | 431.7 | 424.2 | 431.0 | 436.4 | 449.3 | 457.8 | 468.9 | 473.6 | 481.6 | 499.5 | 514.8 |
| Petroleum, total | 421.2 | 414.6 | 421.6 | 426.4 | 438.2 | 446.5 | 457.4 | 461.5 | 471.2 | 487.6 | 502.5 |
| Motor gasoline | 260.5 | 259.2 | 263.0 | 268.9 | 273.3 | 279.0 | 284.0 | 286.5 | 292.5 | 299.7 | 301.5 |
| Liquid petroleum gas | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Jet fuel | 60.1 | 58.1 | 57.6 | 58.1 | 60.4 | 60.0 | 62.7 | 63.3 | 64.2 | 66.3 | 68.5 |
| Distillate fuel | 75.7 | 72.6 | 75.3 | 77.3 | 82.5 | 85.1 | 89.7 | 93.5 | 96.4 | 101.9 | 106.6 |
| Residual fuel | 21.9 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 19.7 | 18.4 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 23.1 |
| Lubricants | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 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 | 0.7 |
| Natural gas | 9.8 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 11.4 |
| Electricity | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Total U.S. CO2 Emissions | 1,355.3 | 1,341.2 | 1,367.2 | 1,399.2 | 1,424.8 | 1,438.2 | 1,487.7 | 1,509.0 | 1,510.9 | 1,535.7 | 1,583.3 |
KEY: CO2 = carbon dioxide; P = preliminary.
NOTES
Electric utility emissions are distributed across end-use sectors. Previously, the emissions due to nonutility electricity consumption used to be allocated to the industrial sector. Starting in 2000, the nonutility electric emissions were distributed across sectors for all the years reported.
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 2000, personal communication.