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Table 1
Fuel Consumption in the United States: 1992 and 1999
(Thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons)
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| Alternative fuels |
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| Liquefied petroleum gas |
208,142 |
242,141 |
| Compressed natural gas |
16,823 |
86,286 |
| Liquefied natural gas |
585 |
5,828 |
| Methanol (85%)1 |
1,069 |
1,073 |
| Methanol, neat (100%) |
2,547 |
447 |
| Ethanol (85%)1 |
21 |
2,075 |
| Ethanol (95%)1 |
85 |
59 |
| Electricity |
359 |
1,431 |
| Subtotal |
229,631 |
339,340 |
| Replacement fuels/oxygenates |
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| MTBE2 |
1,175,000 |
3,331,000 |
| Ethanol in gasohol |
701,000 |
956,900 |
| Traditional fuels |
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| Gasoline3 |
110,135,000 |
125,111,000 |
| Diesel |
23,866,000 |
35,796,800 |
1The remaining portion of 85% methanol and both ethanol fuels is a gasoline. Data include gasoline portion of the fuel.
2 Methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether (MTBE) includes a small amount of other ethers, primarily tertiary-amyl-methyl-ether and ethyl-tertiary-butyl-ether.
3 Includes ethanol in gasohol and MTBE.
SOURCE:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 1998 (Washington, DC: 2000), available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/alt_trans_fuel98/atf_99.html, as of May 2001.
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