Figure 4 Transportation's Share of U.S. Petroleum Use: 1975-2004

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Figure 4 Transportation's Share of U.S. Petroleum Use: 1975-2004

Million barrels per day

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Notes: 2002-2003 data are revised from previous editions. 2004 data are preliminary.

Key: P = preliminary; R = revised...

Figure 3 U.S. Petroleum Production and Consumption: 1975-2004

Million barrels per day

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Figure 3 U.S. Petroleum Production and Consumption: 1975-2004

Million barrels per day

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Note: 2002-2003 data are revised from previous editions. 2004 data are preliminary.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy...

Figure 2 International Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea

Number of incidents

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Notes: Incidents...

Figure 2 International Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea

Number of incidents

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Notes: Incidents include attempts and threatening actions.

Source: International Maritime Organization, Reports on Acts of Piracy and...

Figure 1 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

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Figure 1 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

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Notes: For air carriers, the data were smoothed, using an exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.945 to reduce the year-to-year fluctuations. For air carriers, fatalities resulting...

Citation

Ship in Baltimore Harbor Dennis Roos, Sr.

Passenger train National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

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Chapter 6 - Environment

While transportation enhances the quality of our lives, it also generates environmental impacts that can lead to human health problems and ecological damage. Overall, most transportation air emissions, such as particulates, have declined since 1980 despite significant...