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7-2 Transportation Energy Use by Source: 2015

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

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percent of Btu consumed

Source Trillion Btu Percent
Petroleum 25,358 92
Renewable energy 1,347 5
Natural gas 923 3

Key: Btu = British thermal unit.

Notes: Includes primary energy consumed. Excludes electricity retail sales and electrical system energy losses.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, available at www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly as of October 2016.