Table 4-5: Fuel Consumption by Mode of Transportation in Physical Units

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Air
Certificated carriersa
Jet fuel (million gallons)	1,954	3,889	7,857	7,558	8,519	10,115	12,212	11,360	11,598	11,960	12,501	12,812	13,187	13,658	13,303	14,491	13,904	13,112	12,287	12,417	13,380	13,284	13,019	12,999	12,469
General aviationb
Aviation gasoline (million gallons)	242	292	551	412	520	421	353	354	314	268	266	287	289	292	311	345	333	279	277	272	273	(R) 361	352	(R) 351	(P) 349
Jet fuel (million gallons)	N	56	208	453	766	691	663	577	494	454	464	560	608	642	815	967	972	918	938	932	1,231	1,449	1,569	1,544	(P) 1,550
Highway
Gasoline, diesel and other fuels (million gallons)
Passenger car and motorcycle	41,171	49,723	67,879	74,253	70,186	71,700	69,759	64,501	65,627	67,246	68,079	68,268	69,419	70,094	71,901	73,495	73,275	73,752	75,662	75,646	75,604	74,085	75,230	74,377	71,497
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehiclec	N	U	12,313	19,081	23,796	27,363	35,611	38,217	40,929	42,851	44,112	45,605	47,354	49,388	50,462	52,859	52,939	53,522	55,220	60,758	63,417	65,419	60,685	61,836	61,199
Single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more truck	N	13,848	3,968	5,420	6,923	7,399	8,357	8,172	8,237	8,488	9,032	9,216	9,409	9,576	6,817	9,372	9,563	9,667	10,321	8,880	8,959	9,042	9,582	10,044	9,889
Combination truck	N	6,658	7,348	9,177	13,037	14,005	16,133	16,809	17,216	17,748	18,653	19,777	20,193	20,302	25,158	24,537	25,666	25,512	26,480	23,815	24,191	24,411	28,107	28,545	26,814
Bus	827	875	820	1,053	1,018	834	895	864	878	929	964	968	990	1,027	1,040	1,148	1,112	1,026	1,000	969	1,360	1,329	1,148	1,145	1,110
Transitd
Electricity (million kWh)	2,908	2,584	2,561	2,646	2,446	4,216	4,837	4,853	4,716	4,865	5,081	5,068	(R) 4,923	(R) 4,908	(R) 4,962	(R) 5,126	(R) 5,382	(R) 5,485	(R) 5,529	(R) 5,508	(R) 5,657	(R) 5,765	5,770	6,216	6,337
Motor fuel (million gallons)
Diesel	208	248	271	365	431	609	651	665	685	679	678	678	(R) 535	(R) 539	(R) 560	(R) 576	(R) 591	(R) 596	(R) 673	(R) 554	(R) 542	(R) 480	528	515	499
Gasoline and other nondiesel fuelse	192	124	68	8	11	46	34	34	37	46	60	61	(R) 25	(R) 26	(R) 22	(R) 21	(R) 24	(R) 26	(R) 35	(R) 27	(R) 31	(R) 81	47	51	68
Compressed natural gas	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1	2	5	11	(R) 11	(R) 19	(R) 29	(R) 35	(R) 44	(R) 53	(R) 66	(R) 79	(R) 87	(R) 94	111	108	113
Rail, Class I (in freight service)
Distillate / diesel fuel (million gallons)	3,463	3,592	3,545	3,657	3,904	3,110	3,115	2,906	3,005	3,088	3,334	3,480	3,579	3,575	3,583	3,715	3,700	3,710	3,730	3,826	4,059	4,098	4,192	4,062	3,886
Amtrak
Electricity (million kWh)	N	N	N	180	254	295	330	303	300	301	309	336	363	390	416	443	470	456	518	537	551	531	549	578	582
Distillate / diesel fuel (million gallons)	N	N	N	63	64	65	82	82	82	83	74	72	71	76	76	79	95	97	84	75	69	65	62	62	63
Water
Residual fuel oil (million gallons)	3,952	3,093	3,774	4,060	8,952	4,590	6,326	6,773	6,563	5,282	5,386	5,886	5,701	5,010	5,620	5,838	6,410	5,409	4,848	3,874	4,690	5,179	5,754	6,327	5,066
Distillate / diesel fuel oil (million gallons)	787	652	819	1,098	1,478	1,699	2,065	2,046	2,219	2,155	2,189	2,339	2,491	2,574	2,595	2,419	2,261	2,044	2,079	2,217	2,140	2,006	1,903	1,924	1,187
Gasoline (million gallons)	N	N	598	730	1,052	1,053	1,300	1,710	1,316	874	876	1,060	994	987	956	1,098	1,124	994	1,081	1,107	1,005	1,261	1,237	1,222	1,136
Pipeline
Natural gas (million cubic feet)	347,075	500,524	722,166	582,963	634,622	503,766	659,816	601,305	587,710	624,308	685,362	700,335	711,446	751,470	635,477	645,319	642,210	624,964	666,920	591,492	566,187	584,026	584,213	621,364	647,958

KEY: kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are unavailable.

^a Domestic operations only.

^b Includes fuel used in air taxi operations, but not commuter operations. Data for 1996 are estimated using new information on nonrespondents and are therefore not comparable to earlier years. See the accuracy statement in the appendix for more detailed information.

^c 1965 data is included in Single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more truck category.

^d Data from 1997-2008 are not comparable to data before 1997 due to different sources. Prior to 1984, excludes commuter rail, automated guideway, ferryboat, demand responsive vehicles, and most rural and small systems.

^e Gasoline and all other nondiesel fuels such as liquefied natural gas, methanol, and propane, except compressed natural gas.

SOURCES

Air:

Certificated air carriers:

1960-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Fuel Cost and Consumption, available at http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information as of Mar. 4, 2010.

General aviation:

1960-70: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation - 1972 edition (Washington, DC: 1973), table 9.12.

1975-93: Ibid., General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity Survey (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 5.1, and similar tables in earlier editions.

1994-2008: Ibid., FAA Aerospace Forecasts Fiscal Years 2009-2025 (Washington, DC: March 2009), tables 22 and 30, and similar tables in earlier editions, available at http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation/aerospace_forecasts/2009-2025/media/2009%20Forecast%20Doc.pdf as of May 28, 2010.

Highway:

1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of June 29, 2010.

1995-2008: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of May 28, 2010.

Transit:

Electricity / motor fuel / compressed natural gas:

1960-96: American Public Transportation Association, 2009 Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: June 2009), tables 26, 27, 28 and similar tables in earlier editions.

1997-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transportation Database, table 17 and similar tables in previous years, available at www.ntdprogram.gov as of Mar. 8, 2010.

Rail:

1960-2008: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 40.

Amtrak:

1975-2008: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Energy Management Department and Government Affairs Department, personal communication, Jan. 7, 2010.

Water:

Residual and distillate / diesel fuel oil:

1960-80: American Petroleum Institute, Basic Petroleum Data Book (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 10, 10a, 12, and 12a.

1985-2008: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 2, 4, and similar tables in earlier editions.

Gasoline:

1970-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-24 and similar tables in earlier editions, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of May 28, 2010.

Pipeline:

1960-2008: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2008, DOE/EIA-0131(04) (Washington, DC: March 2010), table 15 and similar tables in earlier editions, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/natural_gas/data_publications/natural_gas_annual/nga.html as of May 28, 2010.