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TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE

Transportation Energy Consumption (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Transportation Energy Consumption (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Transportation accounts for about 28 percent of U.S. energy consumption. Petroleum accounts for nearly all (about 97 percent) of the transportation sectors energy use. Petroleum is a major component of transportation costs, and its usage affects the environment. Because more than half of the U.S. petroleum supply is imported, there are also national security concerns for assuring petroleum supplies.

Transportation Energy Consumption    May-00       May-01   
Quadrillion BTU 2.28 2.37
Percent change from same month previous year 2.38 3.91

NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, available at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/mer.