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Table 4-10: Estimated Consumption of Alternative and Replacement Fuels for Highway Vehicles

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 4-10: Estimated Consumption of Alternative and Replacement Fuels for Highway Vehicles

(Thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons)

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  1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 pp2003 pp2004
TOTAL fuel consumptiona 134,230,631 135,912,964 140,718,522 144,774,683 148,180,046 151,597,859 R156,838,150 R161,210,087 R163,032,677 R165,201,691 169,983,219 173,303,895 177,561,958
Alternative fuels, total 229,631 293,334 281,152 276,643 295,616 312,589 R323,790 R302,287 R322,307 R348,421 378,589 412,725 447,198
Liquefied petroleum gases 208,142 264,655 248,467 232,701 239,158 238,356 R241,386 R209,817 R212,576 R215,876 223,143 230,486 242,368
Compressed natural gas 16,823 21,603 24,160 35,162 46,923 65,192 R72,412 R79,620 R86,475 R104,496 120,670 141,726 159,464
Liquefied natural gas 585 1,901 2,345 2,759 3,247 3,714 5,343 R5,828 R7,259 R8,921 9,382 10,514 10,868
Methanol, 85%b 1,069 1,593 2,340 2,023 1,775 1,554 1,212 1,073 R585 R439 337 274 257
Methanol, neat 2,547 3,166 3,190 2,150 347 347 449 447 R0 R0 0 0 0
Ethanol, 85%b 21 48 80 190 694 1,280 1,727 R3,916 R12,071 R14,623 17,783 20,092 22,405
Ethanol, 95%b 85 80 140 995 2,699 1,136 59 R62 R13 R0 0 0 0
Electricityc 359 288 430 663 773 1,010 1,202 R1,524 R3,058 R4,066 7,274 9,633 11,836
Biodiesel N N N N N N N N 6,816 7,076 16,917 26,758 36,599
Oxygenates                          
Methyl-tertiary-butyl-etherd 1,175,000 2,069,200 2,018,800 2,691,200 2,749,700 3,104,200 R2,903,400 R3,402,600 R3,296,100 R3,352,200 2,383,000 U U
Ethanol in gasohol 701,000 760,000 845,900 910,700 660,200 830,700 R889,500 R950,300 R1,085,800 R1,143,300 1,413,600 1,792,900 2,052,000
Traditional fuels, total 134,001,000 135,619,630 140,437,370 144,498,040 147,884,430 151,285,270 156,514,360 160,907,800 R162,710,370 R164,853,270 169,604,630 172,891,170 177,114,760
Gasolinee 110,135,000 111,323,000 113,144,000 115,943,000 117,783,000 119,336,000 122,849,000 125,111,000 R125,720,000 R127,768,000 131,299,000 132,961,000 136,374,000
Diesel 23,866,000 24,296,630 27,293,370 28,555,040 30,101,430 31,949,270 33,665,360 35,796,800 R36,990,370 R37,085,270 38,305,630 39,930,170 40,740,760

KEY: N = data do not exist; PP = based on plans or projections; R = revised; U = data are not available.

a Total fuel consumption is the sum of alternative fuels, gasoline, and diesel. Oxygenate consumption is included in gasoline consumption.

b The remaining portion of 85% methanol, 85% ethanol, and 95% ethanol fuels is gasoline. Consumption data include the gasoline portion of the fuel.

c Excludes gasoline-electric hybrids.

d Includes a very small amount of other ethers, primarily tertiary-amyl-methyl-ether and ethyl-tertiary-butyl-ether.

e Gasoline consumption includes ethanol in gasohol and methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether.

NOTE

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2003, Table 10 available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelalternate.html as of Feb. 27, 2004.