Table 4-3
Estimated Consumption of Alternative and
Replacement Fuels for Road Motor Vehicles
(Thousand gasoline-equivalent liters)
| Canada | Mexico | United States | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1992a | 1995 | 1996 | |
| Fuel consumption, total | 42,324,176 | 46,177,399 | 46,997,886 | N | N | N | 508,118,000 | 548,035,000 | 560,929,000 |
| Alternative fuels, total | 824,370 | 1,179,468 | 1,210,743 | N | N | N | 869,248 | 1,050,478 | 1,125,142 |
| Liquified petroleum gases (LPG) | 748,240 | 954,847 | 985,256 | N | N | N | 787,903 | 880,869 | 905,312 |
| Compressed natural gas (CNG) | 76,110 | 224,321 | 225,187 | N | N | N | 63,682 | 133,103 | 177,623 |
| Liquified natural gas (LNG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | N | N | N | 2,214 | 10,444 | 12,291 |
| Methanol, 85 percent (M85) | 20 | 300 | 300 | N | N | N | 4,047 | 10,928 | 12,833 |
| Methanol, neat (M100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | N | N | N | 9,641 | 8,139 | 1,314 |
| Ethanol, 85 percent (E85) | 0 | 0 | 0 | N | N | N | 79 | 719 | 2,627 |
| Ethanol, 95 percent (E95) | 0 | 0 | 0 | N | N | N | 322 | 3,766 | 10,217 |
| Electricity | NS | NS | NS | N | N | N | 1,359 | 2,510 | 2,926 |
| Oxygenates Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) | NS | NS | NS | N | N | N | 4,448,000 | 10,187,300 | 10,408,700 |
| Ethanol in gasohol | 10,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | N | N | N | 2,654,000 | 3,447,400 | 2,499,100 |
| Traditional fuels | |||||||||
| Gasoline | 33,928,534 | 35,017,600 | 35,471,523 | N | N | N | 416,906,000 | 438,892,000 | 445,857,000 |
| Diesel | 7,561,272 | 9,940,331 | 10,275,620 | N | N | N | 90,343,000 | 108,092,590 | 113,946,310 |
aU.S. data for 1990 are not available. Nearest data year is 1992.
KEY: N = Data are nonexistent. NS = Not significant.
NOTE
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).