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Table 4-3
Estimated Consumption of Alternative and
Replacement Fuels for Road Motor Vehicles
(Thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons)
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| Fuel consumption, totala |
11,180,864 |
12,198,778 |
12,415,527 |
N |
N |
N |
134,231,000 |
144,776,000 |
148,182,000 |
| Alternative fuels, total |
217,776 |
311,582 |
319,844 |
N |
N |
N |
229,631 |
277,507 |
297,231 |
| Liquified petroleum gases (LPG) |
197,664 |
252,244 |
260,277 |
N |
N |
N |
208,142 |
232,701 |
239,158 |
| Compressed natural gas (CNG) |
20,106 |
59,259 |
59,488 |
N |
N |
N |
16,823 |
35,162 |
46,923 |
| Liquified natural gas (LNG) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N |
N |
N |
585 |
2,759 |
3,247 |
| Methanol, 85 percent (M85) |
5 |
80 |
80 |
N |
N |
N |
1,069 |
2,887 |
3,390 |
| Methanol, neat (M100) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N |
N |
N |
2,547 |
2,150 |
347 |
| Ethanol, 85 percent (E85) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N |
N |
N |
21 |
190 |
694 |
| Ethanol, 95 percent (E95) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N |
N |
N |
85 |
995 |
2,699 |
| Electricity |
NS |
NS |
NS |
N |
N |
N |
359 |
663 |
773 |
| Oxygenates Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) |
NS |
NS |
NS |
N |
N |
N |
1,175,000 |
2,691,200 |
2,749,700 |
| Ethanol in gasohol |
2,600 |
10,600 |
10,600 |
N |
N |
N |
701,000 |
910,700 |
660,200 |
| Traditional fuels |
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| Gasoline |
8,962,970 |
9,250,671 |
9,370,584 |
N |
N |
N |
110,135,000 |
115,943,000 |
117,783,000 |
| Diesel |
1,997,477 |
2,625,957 |
2,714,531 |
N |
N |
N |
23,866,000 |
28,555,040 |
30,101,430 |
aU.S. data for 1990 are not available. Nearest data year is 1992.
KEY: N = Data are nonexistent. NS = Not significant.
NOTES
Mexico
Alternative fuels, liquefied petroleum gases: In Table 4-2 under road, other
fuels, an estimation of fuel consumption in petajoules is shown.
SOURCES
Canada
Natural Resources Canada. Office of Energy Efficiency. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
United States
U.S. Department of Energy. Energy Information Administration. Alternatives
to Traditional Transportation Fuels, 1996. (Washington, DC: 1997).
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