FIGURE 8-5 Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Transportation Source: 1990-2011
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Teragrams of CO2 Equvalient Units
| Year | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger cars | 665.8 | 623.0 | 632.5 | 644.9 | 651.9 | 655.2 | 667.4 | 670.7 | 692.8 | 708.7 | 706.5 | 711.5 | 724.9 | 704.4 | 706.0 | 721.6 | 695.2 | 865.4 | 824.4 | 815.2 | 810.4 | 804.8 |
| Light-duty trucks | 336.6 | 365.7 | 392.2 | 409.2 | 419.9 | 436.6 | 455.2 | 473.7 | 487.8 | 509.9 | 512.1 | 518.6 | 529.8 | 565.2 | 588.1 | 551.3 | 564.0 | 366.4 | 347.0 | 349.5 | 348.0 | 331.4 |
| Medium & heavy vehicles | 239.5 | 234.0 | 244.6 | 258.1 | 275.3 | 287.0 | 300.4 | 316.1 | 330.8 | 350.6 | 365.8 | 364.1 | 378.1 | 376.7 | 392.7 | 420.5 | 430.9 | 462.7 | 444.4 | 405.7 | 419.2 | 418.5 |
| Aircraft | 189.2 | 173.4 | 171.1 | 172.6 | 179.9 | 176.7 | 189.0 | 189.0 | 192.6 | 197.1 | 199.5 | 194.0 | 189.5 | 183.2 | 190.6 | 193.7 | 186.4 | 183.4 | 176.7 | 157.5 | 154.9 | 149.9 |
| Oceangoing vessels | 104.5 | 118.7 | 108.9 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 99.5 | 100.7 | 108.0 | 111.6 | 103.7 | 102.7 | 94.7 | 95.4 | 99.3 | 109.5 | 114.3 | 115.3 | 116.5 | 115.5 | 107.5 | 118.2 | 112.4 |
| Ships and boats | 45.1 | 40.0 | 55.0 | 47.7 | 48.3 | 58.6 | 54.4 | 39.8 | 33.7 | 29.8 | 61.0 | 42.7 | 47.6 | 37.3 | 40.1 | 45.2 | 48.4 | 55.2 | 45.4 | 40.8 | 44.1 | 48.2 |
| Rail | 39.0 | 36.8 | 37.7 | 38.8 | 41.9 | 43.7 | 44.7 | 45.3 | 45.8 | 47.7 | 48.1 | 48.6 | 48.2 | 49.5 | 52.3 | 53.0 | 55.1 | 54.4 | 50.7 | 43.4 | 46.3 | 48.0 |
| Pipelines | 36.0 | 32.9 | 32.2 | 34.1 | 37.5 | 38.2 | 38.9 | 41.2 | 35.0 | 35.5 | 35.2 | 34.4 | 36.4 | 32.5 | 31.1 | 32.2 | 32.3 | 34.2 | 35.6 | 36.7 | 37.1 | 37.7 |
| Lubricants | 11.8 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 9.0 |
KEY: Tg CO2 Eq = teragrams of carbon dioxide equivalent
NOTES: Totals may not sum due to independent rounding. Passenger cars and light duty trucks include vehicles typically used for personal travel and less than 8,500 lbs. Medium & Heavy Vehicles includes buses and vehicles larger than 8500 lbs. Oceangoing vessels includes international bunker fuels.
SOURCE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 2-15. Available at http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html as of November 2013.