FIGURE 8-7 Vehicle-Miles of Travel and Fuel Use by Personal Vehicles: 1965-2011
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Millions
Vehicle Travel Fuel Consumption 1965 856,147 64,446 1966 868,894 64,413 1967 904,786 67...General
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FIGURE 8-6 Car and Truck Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Miles per Gallon (MPG): Model Years 1975-2013
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Miles per Gallon
Model Year Car EPA Unadj., Lab (MPG) Car CAFE Standard Truck EPA Unadj., Lab (MPG) Truck CAFE Standard 1975 15.8 13.7...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...FIGURE 8-4 Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 2011
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Total = 1,834 Teragrams of CO2 Equvalient Units
Carbon dioxide - CO2 95.9% Methane - CH4 0.1% Nitrous oxide - N2O 0.9...TABLE 8-1 Transportation Energy Use by Mode: 2011
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Energy and Physical Units of Measure
Trillion Btu Percent of total Units Physical units Air Certificated...FIGURE 8-3 Energy Use by Mode of Transportation: 2011
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Total = 25 quadrillion Btu Percent Air 6.7% Rail freight 2.0% Transit & Amtrak 0.6% Water 4.4%...FIGURE 8-2 Transportation Energy Use by Energy Source: 1950-2012
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Quadrillion Btu
Coal Natural Gas Petroleum Biomass Electricity 1950 1.56 0.13 6.69 0.00 0.02...FIGURE 8-1 U.S. Energy Use by Sector: 2012
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Total = 95.1 Quadrillion Btu 2012 Transportation 28.0% Industrial 21.6% Residential and commercial 10.2% Energy input at electric...Chapter 8 Energy and Environment
FIGURE 8-1 U.S. Energy Use by Sector: 2012 FIGURE 8-2 Transportation Energy Use by Energy Source: 1950-2012 FIGURE 8-3 Energy Use by Mode of Transportation: 2011 TABLE 8-1 Transportation Energy Use by Mode: 2011 FIGURE 8-4 Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 2011 FIGURE 8-5...BOX 7-B Position, Navigation, and Timing Technology
Global Positioning Systems (GPSs) provides positioning, navigation, and timing services that are widely used in all modes of transportation. GPS helps prevent transportation accidents, aids search and rescue efforts, and speeds the dispatch of emergency services [NCO 2013]. Satellite-based...