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Aircraft Noise - Box

Aircraft Noise - Box Measuring Aircraft Noise

Sound is measured on a logarithmic (nonlinear) scale in decibel (dB) units. There are different dB scales. Transportation noise is usually measured in dBAs, the so-called A-weighted scale that emphasizes sound frequencies that people hear best. On...

Table 1 - Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSATs): 1996

Table 1 - Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSATs): 1996

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MSAT Highway motor vehicles Nonroad vehicles and engines Total mobile sources Short tons National total (percent) Short tons National total (percent) Short tons National total (percent) Acetaldehyde 28,700 29.0 40,800 41.0...

Figure 2 - Average Motor Fuel Expenditures per Household: 1997-2000

Figure 2 - Average Motor Fuel Expenditures per Household: 1997-2000

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SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics estimates based on energyconsumption and expenditure data from U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration. Household data from...

Map - Distribution of the West Nile Virus: 2000

Map - Distribution of the West Nile Virus: 2000

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/wnv/index.html, as of May 8, 2001.

Table 1 - Energy Consumption by End-Use Sector

Table 1 - Energy Consumption by End-Use Sector

(Quadrillion BTU)

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Year Residential/commercial Industrial Transportation 1980 26.551 32.189 19.696 1985 27.645 29.067 20.071 1990 29.973 31.687 22.541 1995 32.897 34.052 23.975 1999 35.015 35.882 26.193...

Figure 1 - World Crude Oil Prices

Figure 1 - World Crude Oil Prices

(Weekly data, not seasonally adjusted)

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Crude Oil Watch, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/crude_watch/...