Table 5-3: Fuel Consumption by Transportation Mode, 2007-2011
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | |||||
| Certificated carriersa | |||||
| Jet fuel (million gallons) | 12,999 | 12,469 | 11,147 | 11,056 | 10,864 |
| General aviationb | |||||
| Aviation gasoline (million gallons) | 274 | 248 | 227 | 221 | 216 |
| Jet fuel (million gallons) | 1,486 | 1,706 | 1,447 | 1,435 | 1,491 |
| Highway | |||||
| Gasoline, diesel and other fuels (million gallons) | |||||
| Light duty vehiclec | 126,962 | 121,004 | 121,850 | 123,466 | 124,288 |
| Bus | 2,022 | 2,057 | 1,987 | (R) 1,921 | 1,933 |
| Transit | |||||
| Electricity (million kWh) | 6,216 | 6,337 | 6,492 | 6,414 | 6,534 |
| Motor fuel (million gallons) | |||||
| Diesel d | 537 | 536 | 658 | 633 | 625 |
| Gasoline and other nondiesel fuelse | 29 | 31 | 98 | 98 | 101 |
| Compressed natural gas | 108 | 113 | 142 | 126 | 128 |
| Amtrak | |||||
| Electricity (million kWh) | 578 | 582 | 565 | 559 | 555 |
| Distillate / diesel fuel (million gallons) | 62 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 63 |
| Water | |||||
| Residual fuel oil (million gallons) | 6,327 | (R) 5,258 | (R) 4,589 | (R) 5,143 | 4,560 |
| Distillate / diesel fuel oil (million gallons) | 1,924 | (R) 1,983 | (R) 1,914 | (R) 1,997 | 2,128 |
| Gasoline (million gallons) | 1,222 | 1,136 | 1,130 | 1,167 | 1,104 |
NOTES: 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 non-respondents and are therefore not comparable to earlier years. See the accuracy statement in the appendix for more detailed information. c Light duty vehicle includes all passenger cars, light trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles. d Diesel includes Diesel and Bio-Diesel e Gasoline and all other nondiesel fuels include Gasoline, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Liquefied Natural Gas, Methane, Ethanol, Bunker Fuel, Kerosene, Grain Additive and Other Fuel
KEY: kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are unavailable.
SOURCES: Various sources as outlined at U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 4-5 (http://www.bts.dot.gov/archive/publications/national_transportation_statistics/index.html), as of July 2013