BTS | Table 4-4: U.S. Energy Consumption by the Transportation Sector

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Table 4-4: U.S. Energy Consumption by the Transportation Sector

(Quadrillion Btu)

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Energy consumption (all sectors)	45.12	54.02	67.86	72.00	78.29	76.47	84.67	84.60	85.95	87.58	89.25	91.22	94.22	94.73	95.15	96.77	98.90	(R) 96.37	(R) 98.01	(R) 98.76	100.33
Total transportation consumption^a	10.60	12.43	16.10	18.24	19.70	20.12	22.59	22.20	22.54	22.88	23.50	23.96	24.51	24.81	25.36	26.11	26.70	26.28	26.68	(R) 26.92	27.52
Transportation as percent of total energy consumption	23.5	23.0	23.7	25.3	25.2	26.3	26.7	26.2	26.2	26.1	26.3	26.3	26.0	26.2	26.7	27.0	27.0	(R) 27.3	(R) 27.2	(R) 27.3	27.4
Total primary consumption^b	10.56	12.40	16.06	18.21	19.66	20.08	22.54	22.14	22.49	22.83	23.45	23.90	24.46	24.75	25.30	26.05	26.64	26.22	26.63	(R) 26.84	27.44
Coal	0.074	0.017	0.007	0.001	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f
in million short tons	3.0	0.7	0.3	<0.05	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f
Natural gas^c	0.36	0.52	0.75	0.59	0.65	0.52	0.68	0.62	0.61	0.64	0.71	0.72	0.74	0.78	0.67	0.68	0.67	0.66	0.70	(R) 0.71	(E) 0.71
in trillion cubic feet	0.35	0.50	0.72	0.58	0.63	0.50	0.66	0.60	0.59	0.63	0.69	0.70	0.72	0.76	0.64	0.66	0.65	0.64	0.68	(R) 0.68	(E) 0.68
Petroleum products^d	10.13	11.87	15.31	17.61	19.01	19.50	21.79	21.45	21.80	22.18	22.74	23.18	23.72	23.97	24.64	25.37	25.97	25.56	25.92	26.13	26.73
in million barrels	1,880	2,203	2,839	3,267	3,494	3,591	3,974	3,929	3,982	4,060	4,167	4,259	4,363	4,416	4,533	4,659	4,762	4,722	(E) 4,789	(E) 4,834	U
Electricity	0.010	0.010	0.011	0.010	0.011	0.014	0.016	0.016	0.016	0.016	0.017	0.017	0.017	0.017	0.017	0.017	0.018	0.019	0.018	(R) 0.024	0.026
Electrical system energy losses^e	0.026	0.024	0.026	0.024	0.027	0.033	0.037	0.037	0.037	0.037	0.038	0.039	0.038	0.038	0.038	0.040	0.042	0.042	(R) 0.039	(R) 0.054	0.059

KEY: Btu = British thermal unit; E = estimated; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Sum of primary consumption, electricity, and electrical system energy losses categories.

^bSum of coal, natural gas, and petroleum categories.

^cConsumed in the operation of pipelines, primarily in compressors, and small amounts consumed as vehicle fuel.

^d Includes most nonutility use of fossil fuels to produce electricity and small amounts (about 0.1 quadrillion Btu per year since 1990) of renewable energy in the form of ethanol blended into motor gasoline.

^e Incurred in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity plus plant use and unaccounted for electrical system energy losses.

^fFrom 1980, small amounts of coal consumed for transportation are included in industrial sector consumption.

NOTES

Energy consumption (all sectors) differs from totals in table 4-2 for 1990 and subsequent years.

Table 4-2 includes primary energy consumption only.

SOURCES

Energy consumption (all sectors), total transportation consumption and total primary consumption:

1960-70: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC: August 2001) table 2.1a.

1975-2004: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: March 2005), table 2.1, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Apr. 11, 2005.

Coal:

Btu:

1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC: August 2001) table 2.1e.

1975-2004: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: March 2005), table 2.5, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Apr. 11, 2005.

Short tons:

1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC: August 2001) table 7.3.

1975-2004: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: March 2005), table 6.2, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Apr. 11, 2005.

Natural gas:

Btu:

1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC: August 2001) table 2.1e.

1975-2004: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: March 2005), table 2.5, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Apr. 11, 2005.

Cubic feet:

1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC: August 2001) table 6.5.

1975-2004: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: March 2005), table 4.4, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Apr. 11, 2005.

Petroleum products:

Btu:

1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC: August 2001) table 2.1e.

1975-2004: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: March 2005), table 2.5, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Apr. 11, 2005.

Barrels:

1960-2003: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2003, DOE/EIA-0384 (2003) (Washington DC: September 2004), table 5.13c, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Apr. 11, 2005.

Electricity and electrical system energy losses:

1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC: August 2001) table 2.1e.

1975-2004: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: March 2005), table 2.5, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Apr. 11, 2005.