Table 4-4: U.S. Energy Consumption by the Transportation Sector
(Quadrillion Btu)
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| Energy
consumption (all sectors) |
45.12 |
54.02 |
67.86 |
(R) 72.00 |
(R) 78.29 |
(R) 76.42 |
(R) 84.60 |
(R) 91.22 |
(R) 94.22 |
(R) 94.73 |
(R) 95.15 |
96.77 |
(R) 98.90 |
(R)
96.32 |
(R) 98.24 |
98.24 |
| Total
transportation |
10.60 |
12.43 |
16.10 |
18.24 |
19.70 |
20.07 |
(R) 22.53 |
(R) 23.96 |
(R) 24.51 |
(R) 24.81 |
(R) 25.36 |
(R) 26.11 |
(R) 26.70 |
(R)
26.27 |
(R)
26.69 |
26.87 |
| Transportation as percent of total energy consumption |
23.5 |
23.0 |
23.7 |
25.3 |
25.2 |
26.3 |
(R) 26.6 |
(R) 26.3 |
(R) 26.0 |
(R) 26.2 |
(R) 26.7 |
(R) 27.0 |
(R) 27.0 |
(R) 27.3 |
(R) 27.2 |
27.4 |
| Total
primary consumptiona |
10.56 |
12.40 |
16.06 |
18.21 |
19.66 |
20.02 |
(R)
22.47 |
(R) 23.90 |
(R) 24.46 |
(R) 24.75 |
(R) 25.30 |
(R) 26.05 |
(R) 26.64 |
(R)
26.21 |
(R) 26.63 |
26.82 |
| Coal |
0.074 |
0.017 |
0.007 |
0.001 |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
| in
million short tons |
3.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
<0.05 |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
d |
| Natural
gasb |
0.36 |
0.52 |
0.75 |
(R) 0.59 |
0.65 |
0.52 |
0.68 |
0.72 |
(R) 0.74 |
0.78 |
(R) 0.67 |
(R) 0.68 |
0.67 |
(R) 0.66 |
(R) 0.70 |
0.67 |
| in
trillion cubic feet |
0.35 |
0.50 |
0.72 |
0.58 |
(R) 0.63 |
0.50 |
0.66 |
0.70 |
(R) 0.72 |
0.76 |
0.64 |
(R) 0.66 |
0.65 |
(R) 0.64 |
(R) 0.68 |
0.65 |
| Petroleum
productsc |
10.13 |
11.87 |
15.31 |
17.61 |
19.01 |
19.50 |
(R) 21.79 |
(R) 23.18 |
(R) 23.72 |
(R) 23.97 |
(R) 24.64 |
(R) 25.37 |
(R) 25.97 |
(R) 25.56 |
(R) 25.93 |
26.15 |
| in
million barrels |
1,879 |
2,203 |
2,839 |
3,267 |
3,494 |
3,597 |
4,003 |
4,278 |
4,376 |
4,426 |
4,549 |
4,683 |
4,789 |
(E)
4,804 |
U |
U |
| Electricity |
0.010 |
0.010 |
0.011 |
0.010 |
0.011 |
0.014 |
0.016 |
0.017 |
0.017 |
0.017 |
0.017 |
0.017 |
0.018 |
(R) 0.019 |
0.018 |
0.018 |
| Electrical
system energy |
0.026 |
0.024 |
0.026 |
(R) 0.024 |
0.027 |
0.033 |
0.037 |
(R) 0.039 |
(R) 0.038 |
(R) 0.038 |
(R) 0.038 |
(R) 0.040 |
(R) 0.042 |
(R) 0.042 |
(R) 0.040 |
0.040 |
KEY: Btu = British thermal unit; E = estimated;
R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Sum of coal, natural gas, and petroleum
categories.
b Consumed in the operation of pipelines, primarily in
compressors, and small amounts consumed as vehicle fuel.
c 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.
d From 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.
1975-2003: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: December 2004), table 2.1.
Coal:
Btu:
1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review
2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC:
August 2001) table 2.1e.
1975-2003: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: December 2004), table 2.5.
Short tons:
1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review
2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC:
August 2001) table 7.3.
1975-2003: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: December 2004), table 6.2.
Natural gas:
Btu:
1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review
2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC:
August 2001) table 2.1e.
1975-2003: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: December 2004), table 2.5.
Cubic feet:
1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review
2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC:
August 2001) table 6.5.
1975-2003: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: December 2004), table 4.4.
Petroleum products:
Btu:
1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review
2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC:
August 2001) table 2.1e.
1975-2003: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: December 2004), table 2.5.
Barrels:
1960-1970: Ibid., Annual Energy Review
2001, DOE/EIA-0384 (2001) (Washington DC:
November 2002) table 5.12c. (barrels/day x 365 or 366 for leap years).
1975-2003: Ibid., Annual Energy Review
2003, DOE/EIA-0384 (2003) (Washington DC:
September 2004), table 5.13c.
Electricity and electrical system energy losses:
1960-70: Ibid., Annual Energy Review
2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC:
August 2001) table 2.1e.
1975-2003: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: December 2004), table 2.5.
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