Table 2.1e  Transportation Sector Energy Consumption, 1949-2007
                        (Trillion Btu)




Year
Primary Consumption 1

Electricity
Retail
Sales 5

Electrical
System
Energy
Losses 6




Total 
Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2
Total
Primary
Coal Natural Gas 3 Petroleum 4 Total Biomass
1949
1,727 NA 6,152 7,880 NA 7,880 22 88 7,990
1950
1,564 130 6,690 8,384 NA 8,384 23 86 8,493
1951
1,379 199 7,356 8,934 NA 8,934 24 84 9,042
1952
984 214 7,709 8,907 NA 8,907 22 74 9,003
1953
733 238 8,059 9,031 NA 9,031 22 71 9,123
1954
461 239 8,123 8,823 NA 8,823 20 60 8,903
1955
421 254 8,800 9,475 NA 9,475 20 56 9,551
1956
340 306 9,145 9,791 NA 9,791 19 51 9,860
1957
241 310 9,286 9,837 NA 9,837 16 43 9,897
1958
115 323 9,514 9,953 NA 9,953 15 38 10,005
1959
88 362 9,849 10,298 NA 10,298 14 36 10,349
1960
75 359 10,126 10,560 NA 10,560 10 26 10,597
1961
19 391 10,325 10,735 NA 10,735 10 25 10,770
1962
17 396 10,773 11,186 NA 11,186 10 24 11,221
1963
16 437 11,168 11,621 NA 11,621 10 24 11,655
1964
17 450 11,498 11,965 NA 11,965 10 24 11,998
1965
16 517 11,868 12,400 NA 12,400 10 24 12,434
1966
15 553 12,501 13,069 NA 13,069 10 23 13,102
1967
11 594 13,113 13,718 NA 13,718 10 24 13,752
1968
10 609 14,212 14,831 NA 14,831 10 24 14,866
1969
7 651 14,813 15,471 NA 15,471 10 25 15,506
1970
7 745 15,310 16,061 NA 16,061 11 26 16,098
1971
5 766 15,923 16,693 NA 16,693 10 25 16,729
1972
4 787 16,891 17,681 NA 17,681 10 25 17,716
1973
3 743 17,831 18,576 NA 18,576 11 25 18,612
1974
2 685 17,399 18,086 NA 18,086 10 24 18,119
1975
1 595 17,614 18,209 NA 18,209 10 24 18,244
1976
(s) 559 18,506 19,065 NA 19,065 10 24 19,099
1977
(s) 543 19,241 19,784 NA 19,784 10 25 19,820
1978
[7] 539 20,041 20,580 NA 20,580 10 24 20,615
1979
[7] 612 19,825 20,436 NA 20,436 10 24 20,471
1980
[7] 650 19,008 19,658 NA 19,658 11 27 19,696
1981
[7] 658 18,811 19,469 7 19,476 11 25 19,513
1982
[7] 612 18,420 19,032 19 19,051 11 26 19,088
1983
[7] 505 18,593 19,098 34 19,132 13 30 19,175
1984
[7] 545 19,020 19,565 42 19,607 14 33 19,654
1985
[7] 519 19,471 19,990 51 20,041 14 32 20,087
1986
[7] 499 20,182 20,681 59 20,740 15 34 20,789
1987
[7] 535 20,816 21,352 67 21,419 16 35 21,469
1988
[7] 632 21,567 22,198 68 22,267 16 35 22,318
1989
[7] 649 21,706 22,355 69 22,425 16 38 22,479
1990
[7] 680 21,625 22,305 62 22,366 16 37 22,420
1991
[7] 620 21,373 21,994 72 22,065 16 37 22,118
1992
[7] 608 21,674 22,282 81 22,363 16 37 22,416
1993
[7] 645 21,976 22,621 96 22,716 16 37 22,770
1994
[7] 709 22,496 23,205 107 23,312 17 38 23,367
1995
[7] 724 22,954 23,678 115 23,793 17 39 23,849
1996
[7] 737 23,565 24,302 82 24,384 17 38 24,439
1997
[7] 780 23,813 24,593 104 24,697 17 38 24,752
1998
[7] 666 24,422 25,088 115 25,203 17 38 25,258
1999
[7] 675 25,098 25,774 120 25,894 17 40 25,951
2000
[7] 672 25,682 26,354 138 26,492 18 42 26,552
2001
[7] 658 R 25,413 26,071 145 26,215 20 43 26,278
2002
[7] 702 25,913 26,615 172 26,787 19 42 26,848
2003
[7] 630 26,063 26,693 235 26,928 23 51 R 27,002
2004
[7] 603 26,922 27,525 R 296 27,820 25 55 27,899
2005
[7] 625 R 27,309 R 27,934 R 346 R 28,280 26 56 R 28,361
2006
[7] R 626 R 27,672 R 28,298 R 483 R 28,781 R 25 R 54 R 28,861
2007P
[7] 667 27,719 28,386 626 29,012 26 57 29,096
1See Note 2, "Primary Energy Consumption," at end of Section 1. 6Total losses are calculated as the primary energy consumed by the electric power sector minus the
energy content of electricity retail sales.  Total losses are allocated to the end-use sectors in proportion to
each sector's share of total electricity retail sales.  See Note, "Electrical System Energy Losses," at end of
section.
2Data are estimates.  See Table 10.2b for notes on series components. 7Beginning in 1978, the small amounts of coal consumed for transportation are reported as industrial
sector consumption.
3Natural gas only; does not include supplemental gaseous fuels—see Note 1, "Supplemental Gaseous
Fuels," at end of Section 6.  Data are for natural gas consumed in the operation of pipelines (primarily in
compressors) and small amounts consumed as vehicle fuel—see Table 6.5.
R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  (s)=Less than 0.5 trillion Btu.  
4Does not include the fuel ethanol portion of motor gasoline—fuel ethanol is included in "Biomass."  Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
5Electricity retail sales to ultimate customers reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996, other
energy service providers.
Sources:  Tables 2.1f, 5.14c, 6.5, 7.3, 8.9, 10.2b, A4, A5, and A6.