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Figure 7-5: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions by Mode: 1990-2013

Thursday, March 31, 2016

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Millions of metric tons of CO2, domestic activities only

  Passenger cars Light-duty trucks Medium- and Heavy- trucks Buses Aircraft Ships and boats Rail Other Total, all modes
1990 629 321 230 8 187 44 39 48 1,507
1991 588 348 225 8 172 40 36 44 1,460
1992 595 372 235 8 170 49 37 43 1,509
1993 602 385 248 9 171 47 38 45 1,545
1994 607 393 264 9 178 48 41 49 1,590
1995 607 407 275 9 175 58 43 50 1,623
1996 615 421 287 10 187 54 43 50 1,667
1997 614 436 301 10 187 39 44 53 1,683
1998 634 447 314 10 191 33 44 47 1,720
1999 648 467 332 11 195 29 46 48 1,775
2000 645 467 346 11 198 60 46 47 1,820
2001 651 473 344 10 192 42 46 46 1,803
2002 664 485 358 10 188 47 45 47 1,844
2003 643 520 354 11 181 37 47 43 1,836
2004 640 541 366 15 189 40 50 41 1,881
2005 660 504 396 12 192 45 50 42 1,901
2006 636 517 406 12 185 48 52 42 1,897
2007 794 326 431 17 182 54 52 44 1,901
2008 755 307 414 17 175 45 48 45 1,805
2009 748 310 375 16 156 38 41 45 1,729
2010 742 309 388 15 153 44 43 47 1,742
2011 737 295 387 16 149 46 45 47 1,721
2012 736 292 387 17 145 40 44 49 1,709
2013 736 292 393 18 149 39 44 57 1,727

NOTES: Other greenhouse gas emissions are from motorcycles, pipelines, and lubricants. International bunker fuel emissions (not included in the total) result from the combustion of fuels purchased in the United States but used for international aviation and maritime transportation. U.S. Total, all modes; Aircraft; and Ships and boats include emissions data for only domestic activity only as do all other data shown. International emissions from bunker fuels purchased in the United States are not included. Alternative-fuel vehicle emissions are allocated to the specific vehicle types in which they were classified (i.e., Passenger cars, Light-duty trucks, All other trucks,and Buses).

SOURCE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (2012), table 2-13, available at http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html as of June 2015.