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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 2003 2004 2005
TOTAL fuel consumptiona 134,230,631 135,912,964 140,718,522 144,774,683 148,180,046 151,597,859 156,838,150 161,210,087 163,032,677 165,201,691 169,983,219 (R) 177,697,941 (R) 180,698,532 182,185,778
Alternative fuels, total 229,631 293,334 281,152 276,643 295,616 312,589 323,790 302,287 322,307 348,421 378,589 (R) 420,723 (R) 455,924 508,826
Liquefied petroleum gases 208,142 264,655 248,467 232,701 239,158 238,356 241,386 209,817 212,576 215,876 223,143 (R) 224,697 (R) 211,883 188,171
Compressed natural gas 16,823 21,603 24,160 35,162 46,923 65,192 72,412 79,620 86,475 104,496 120,670 (R) 133,222 (R) 158,903 166,878
Liquefied natural gas 585 1,901 2,345 2,759 3,247 3,714 5,343 5,828 7,259 8,921 9,382 (R) 13,503 (R) 20,888 22,409
Methanol, 85%b 1,069 1,593 2,340 2,023 1,775 1,554 1,212 1,073 585 439 337 (R) 274 (R) 257 N
Methanol, neat 2,547 3,166 3,190 2,150 347 347 449 447 R0 0 0 0 0 N
Ethanol, 85%b 21 48 80 190 694 1,280 1,727 R3,916 12,071 14,623 17,783 (R) 26,376 (R) 31,581 38,074
Ethanol, 95%b 85 80 140 995 2,699 1,136 59 R62 13 0 0 0 0 0
Electricityc 359 288 430 663 773 1,010 1,202 1,524 3,058 4,066 7,274 (R) 5,141 (R) 5,269 5,219
Biodiesel N N N N N N N N 6,816 7,076 16,917 (R) 17,510 (R) 27,143 88,075
Oxygenates                            
Methyl-tertiary-butyl-etherd 1,175,000 2,069,200 2,018,800 2,691,200 2,749,700 3,104,200 2,903,400 3,402,600 3,296,100 3,352,200 2,383,000 (R) 2,368,400 (R) 1,877,300 1,654,500
Ethanol in gasohol 701,000 760,000 845,900 910,700 660,200 830,700 889,500 950,300 1,085,800 1,143,300 1,413,600 (R) 1,919,572 (R) 2,414,167 2,756,663
Traditional fuels, total 134,001,000 135,619,630 140,437,370 144,498,040 147,884,430 151,285,270 156,514,360 160,907,800 162,710,370 164,853,270 169,604,630 (R) 177,295,000 (R) 180,270,000 181,765,000
Gasolinee 110,135,000 111,323,000 113,144,000 115,943,000 117,783,000 119,336,000 122,849,000 125,111,000 125,720,000 127,768,000 131,299,000 (R) 135,330,000 (R) 138,283,000 138,723,000
Dieself 23,866,000 24,296,630 27,293,370 28,555,040 30,101,430 31,949,270 33,665,360 35,796,800 36,990,370 37,085,270 38,305,630 (R) 41,965,000 (R) 41,987,000 43,042,000

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.

f Biodiesel included in Diesel

NOTE

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2005, http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/alternate/page/atftables/afvtransfuel_II.html as of Dec 6. 2007.