Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 4-49: U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use by Sector

(Million metric tons of carbon)

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Sector (R) 1990 (R) 1991 (R) 1992 (R) 1993 (R) 1994 (R) 1995 (R) 1996 (R) 1997 (R) 1998 (R) 1999 (R) 2000 (R) 2001 (R) 2002 (R) 2003 (R) 2004 (R) 2005 (R) 2006 (P) 2007
Total U.S. CO2 Emissions from energy use by sector 1,368.6 1,355.6 1,382.6 1,411.3 1,432.8 1,447.6 1,498.5 1,520.9 1,531.2 1,548.2 1,596.9 1,569.4 1,587.3 1,600.2 1,627.0 1,629.5 1,610.8 1,633.7
Transportation 431.6 425.8 431.5 439.2 450.4 458.7 470.5 475.6 485.3 498.6 510.7 504.7 515.6 517.4 534.2 542.1 549.1 549.3
Natural gas 9.9 9.0 8.8 9.3 10.3 10.5 10.7 11.4 9.6 9.8 9.7 9.5 10.3 9.2 8.7 9.1 9.1 9.7
Electricity 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4
Petroleum 420.8 415.9 421.8 429.0 439.3 447.3 458.9 463.3 474.7 487.9 499.9 494.3 504.4 507.0 524.2 531.7 538.7 538.3
Motor gasoline 262.3 260.6 264.4 272.6 275.9 280.8 285.6 288.2 296.6 304.1 306.0 307.4 315.2 316.2 322.1 322.7 323.4 321.9
Liquid petroleum gas 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5
Jet fuel 60.7 58.7 58.2 58.7 61.0 60.6 63.3 63.9 64.9 66.9 69.2 66.2 64.6 63.1 65.4 67.2 65.3 64.9
Distillate fuel 73.0 71.8 73.5 75.7 80.4 83.7 89.2 93.2 96.0 99.8 103.0 105.6 107.6 113.0 118.3 121.2 127.9 128.8
Residual fuel 21.8 22.0 23.0 19.4 19.0 19.6 18.3 15.3 14.5 14.3 19.1 12.6 14.5 12.3 15.9 18.0 19.5 20.0
Lubricants 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Aviation gas 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6
Industrial 460.0 448.3 468.8 466.2 474.4 474.1 488.7 496.4 489.5 483.6 487.2 467.9 467.8 468.8 475.7 456.0 450.6 447.1
Residential 262.3 266.5 266.9 283.4 281.5 283.4 299.6 297.2 299.1 305.5 322.2 318.6 326.2 334.0 332.9 342.2 326.7 340.7
Commercial 214.8 215.0 215.5 222.5 226.4 231.4 239.7 251.7 257.3 260.6 276.8 278.2 277.6 280.1 284.2 289.1 284.4 296.5
Total U.S. CO2 Emissions (Incl. adj. and other sources)a 1,369.3 1,356.3 1,386.4 1,420.1 1,443.6 1,458.5 1,509.2 1,530.1 1,537.5 1,556.6 1,606.9 1,583.6 1,603.6 1,619.5 1,642.7 1,645.0 1,621.4 1,642.2

KEY: CO2 = carbon dioxide; P = preliminary; R = revised.

a "Adjustments" comprise the addition of U.S. territories and the subtraction of military bunker fuels and international bunker fuels. "Other sources" comprise the addition of gas flaring, CO2 in natural gas, cement production, other industrial, and limestone consumption.

NOTES

Electric utility emissions are distributed across end-use sectors.

Numbers may not add to totals due to independent rounding.

Tons of carbon can be converted to tons of carbon dioxide gas by multiplying by 3.667. One ton of carbon equals 3.667 tons of carbon dioxide gas.

Numbers in this table may not be comparable to the numbers in the previous edition of the report due to changes in methodology of estimation by the Energy Information Administration.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2007, (Washington, DC: 2007), available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/ggrpt/index.html as of March 2009.



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