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Figure 5-13 Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 2012

Friday, September 18, 2015

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Figure 5-13 Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 2012

 

  Percent
Transportation 28.2%
Non-Transportation 71.8%
Total = 1,846 Teragrams of CO2 Equivalent Units  
Carbon dioxide - CO2 95.3%
Methane - CH4 0.1%
Nitrous oxide - N2O 0.7%
Hydrofluorocarbons - HFCs 3.9%

NOTE: Percents may not add to 100 due to rounding. Transportation includes only fossil and renewable fuels consumed directly. Nontransportation includes the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, which include only fossil fuels consumed directly, and electric utilities , which includes all fuels (fossil, nuclear, geothermal, hydro, and other renewables) used by electric utilities. Most renewable fuels are not included.

SOURCE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (2012), table 2-15 and table ES-8, available at http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html as of March 2015.