Table 4-4: U.S. Energy Consumption by the Transportation Sector
Table 4-4: U.S. Energy Consumption by the Transportation Sector
(Quadrillion Btu)
1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | (R)2006 | (R)2007 | 2008 | |
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Energy consumption (all sectors) | 45.09 | 54.02 | 67.84 | 72.00 | 78.12 | 76.49 | 84.65 | 84.61 | 85.96 | 87.61 | 89.26 | 91.17 | 94.18 | 94.77 | 95.18 | 96.82 | 98.98 | 96.33 | 97.86 | 98.21 | 100.35 | (R)100.48 | 99.88 | 101.55 | 99.30 |
Total transportation consumptiona | 10.60 | 12.43 | 16.10 | 18.24 | 19.70 | 20.09 | 22.42 | 22.12 | 22.42 | 22.77 | 23.37 | 23.85 | 24.44 | 24.75 | 25.26 | 25.95 | 26.55 | 26.28 | 26.85 | 27.00 | 27.90 | 28.36 | 28.84 | 29.13 | 27.92 |
Transportation as percent of total energy consumption | 23.5 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 25.3 | 25.2 | 26.3 | 26.5 | 26.1 | 26.1 | 26.0 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 26.0 | 26.1 | 26.5 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 27.3 | 27.4 | 27.5 | 27.8 | 28.2 | 28.9 | 28.7 | 28.1 |
Total primary consumptionb | 10.56 | 12.40 | 16.06 | 18.21 | 19.66 | 20.04 | 22.37 | 22.07 | 22.36 | 22.72 | 23.31 | 23.79 | 24.38 | 24.70 | 25.20 | 25.89 | 26.49 | 26.22 | 26.79 | 26.93 | 27.82 | 28.28 | 28.76 | 29.05 | 27.84 |
Coalf | 0.075 | 0.016 | 0.007 | 0.001 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
in million short tonsf | 3.046 | 0.655 | 0.298 | 0.024 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Natural gasc | 0.36 | 0.52 | 0.74 | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.52 | 0.68 | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.63 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.67 | 0.68 |
in trillion cubic feet | 0.35 | 0.50 | 0.72 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.50 | 0.66 | 0.60 | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.68 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.66 |
Petroleum productsd | 10.13 | 11.87 | 15.31 | 17.61 | 19.01 | 19.47 | 21.62 | 21.37 | 21.67 | 21.98 | 22.50 | 22.95 | 23.56 | 23.81 | 24.42 | 25.10 | 25.68 | 25.41 | 25.91 | 26.06 | 26.92 | 27.31 | 27.65 | 27.77 | 26.33 |
in million barrels | 1,880 | 2,203 | 2,839 | 3,267 | 3,494 | 3,591 | 3,974 | 3,929 | 3,982 | 4,060 | 4,167 | 4,259 | 4,363 | 4,416 | 4,533 | 4,659 | 4,762 | 4,722 | 4,821 | 4,862 | 5,021 | 5,094 | 5,175 | 5,215 | 4,996 |
Electricity | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.011 | 0.010 | 0.011 | 0.014 | 0.016 | 0.016 | 0.016 | 0.016 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.018 | 0.020 | 0.019 | 0.023 | 0.025 | 0.026 | 0.025 | 0.028 | 0.026 |
Electrical system energy lossese | 0.026 | 0.024 | 0.026 | 0.024 | 0.027 | 0.032 | 0.037 | 0.037 | 0.037 | 0.037 | 0.038 | 0.039 | 0.038 | 0.038 | 0.038 | 0.040 | 0.042 | 0.043 | 0.042 | 0.051 | 0.055 | 0.056 | 0.054 | 0.060 | 0.056 |
KEY: Btu = British thermal unit; N = data do not exist; R = revised.
a Sum of primary consumption, electricity,
and electrical system energy losses categories.
b Sum of coal, natural gas, and petroleum
categories.
c Consumed in the operation of pipelines, primarily in
compressors, and small amounts consumed as vehicle fuel.
d Includes most nonutility use of fossil
fuels to produce electricity and small amounts (about 0.1 quadrillion Btu per
year since 1990) of renewable energy in the form of ethanol blended into
motor gasoline.
e Incurred in the generation, transmission,
and distribution of electricity plus plant use and unaccounted for electrical
system energy losses.
f Beginning from 1980, small amounts of coal
consumed for transportation are included in industrial sector consumption.
NOTES
Energy
consumption (all sectors) differs from totals in table 4-2 for 1990 and
subsequent years.
SOURCES
Energy
consumption (all sectors), total transportation consumption and total primary
consumption:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review (Washington
DC: Annual issues), table 2.1a, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov as of
December 2009.
Coal:
Btu:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review (Washington DC: Annual issues), table 2.1e, available at
http://www.eia.doe.gov as of December 2009.
Short tons:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review (Washington DC: Annual issues), table 7.3, available at
http://www.eia.doe.gov as of September 2008.
Natural gas:
Btu:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review (Washington DC: Annual issues), table 2.1e, available at
http://www.eia.doe.gov as of December 2009.
Cubic feet:
1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review
2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC:
August 2001) table 6.5.
1975-2008: Ibid., Monthly Energy
Review (Washington DC: December 2009),
table 4.3, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov as of December 2009.
Petroleum products:
Btu:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review (Washington DC: Annual issues), table 2.1e, available at
http://www.eia.doe.gov as of December 2009.
Barrels:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review (Washington DC: Annual issues), table 5.13c, available at
http://www.eia.doe.gov as of December 2009.
Electricity and electrical system energy losses:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review (Washington DC: Annual issues), table 2.1e, available at
http://www.eia.doe.gov as of December 2009.