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Table 4-5M: Fuel Consumption by Mode of Transportation

	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Air
Certificated carriers^a
Jet fuel (million liters)	7,397	14,721	29,742	28,610	32,249	38,289	46,228	43,002	43,903	45,273	47,320	48,498	49,919	51,700	50,358	54,853	52,631	49,635	46,512	47,003	50,649	50,286	49,284	49,206	47,202	42,198	41,852
General aviation^b
Aviation gasoline (million liters)	916	1,105	2,086	1,560	1,968	1,594	1,336	1,340	1,189	1,014	1,007	1,086	1,092	1,106	1,178	1,307	1,260	1,057	1,047	1,031	1,033	1,117	1,073	1,036	939	861	836
Jet fuel (million liters)	N	212	787	1,715	2,900	2,616	2,510	2,184	1,870	1,719	1,756	2,120	2,300	2,430	3,084	3,662	3,679	3,477	3,552	3,529	4,659	5,779	6,218	5,624	6,457	5,477	5,431
Highway
Gasoline, diesel and other fuels (million liters)
Light duty vehicle, short wheel base and motorcycle^c	155,849	188,222	256,950	281,078	265,683	271,414	264,067	244,163	248,425	254,554	257,707	258,424	262,781	265,335	272,175	278,207	277,375	279,180	286,413	286,352	286,194	293,778	284,776	340,883	325,843	(R) 326,075	328,066
Light duty vehicle, long wheel base^c	N	U	46,610	72,229	90,078	103,580	134,802	144,667	154,933	162,209	166,982	172,632	179,255	186,953	191,019	200,093	200,395	202,602	209,031	229,994	240,060	222,844	229,719	139,721	132,207	(R) 135,179	136,778
Single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more truck	N	52,420	15,021	20,517	26,206	28,008	31,635	30,934	31,180	32,131	34,190	34,887	35,617	36,249	25,805	35,477	36,200	36,595	39,068	33,616	33,912	35,966	37,295	61,757	64,895	(R) 61,523	57,053
Combination truck	N	25,203	27,815	34,739	49,350	53,015	61,070	63,629	65,170	67,183	70,609	74,865	76,437	76,850	95,233	92,884	97,155	96,573	100,236	90,151	91,573	104,813	106,395	116,986	115,686	(R) 106,181	113,127
Bus	3,131	3,312	3,104	3,986	3,854	3,157	3,388	3,271	3,324	3,517	3,649	3,663	3,747	3,886	3,937	4,347	4,210	3,883	3,784	3,668	5,149	4,240	4,347	7,653	7,786	(R) 7,522	7,281
Transit ^d
Electricity (million kWh)	2,908	2,584	2,561	2,646	2,446	4,216	4,837	4,853	4,716	4,865	5,081	5,068	4,923	4,908	4,962	5,126	5,382	5,485	5,529	5,508	5,657	5,765	5,770	6,216	6,337	(R) 6,492	6,414
Motor fuel (million liters)
Diesel^e	787	939	1,026	1,382	1,632	2,304	2,464	2,518	2,593	2,568	2,567	2,568	2,025	2,041	2,122	2,180	2,236	2,256	2,551	2,102	2,061	2,015	2,062	2,032	2,028	2,491	2,395
Gasoline and other nondiesel fuels^f	727	469	257	30	42	174	129	129	141	173	227	230	96	97	84	80	89	98	131	97	108	110	116	112	119	371	369
Compressed natural gas	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	4	6	18	41	43	73	109	132	165	199	249	301	328	355	419	408	427	538	478
Rail, Class I (in freight service)
Distillate / diesel fuel (million liters)	13,109	13,597	13,419	13,843	14,778	11,773	11,792	11,000	11,375	11,689	12,621	13,173	13,548	13,533	13,563	14,063	14,006	14,044	14,120	14,483	15,365	15,513	15,868	15,376	14,710	12,083	13,226
Amtrak
Electricity (million kWh)	N	N	N	180	254	295	330	303	300	301	309	336	363	390	416	443	470	456	518	537	551	531	549	578	582	565	559
Distillate / diesel fuel (million liters)	N	N	N	238	242	246	310	310	310	314	278	274	270	286	288	300	359	367	320	282	260	248	236	234	240	234	240
Water
Residual fuel oil (million liters)	14,960	11,708	14,286	15,369	33,887	17,375	23,947	25,639	24,844	19,994	20,390	22,282	21,582	18,965	21,276	22,100	24,264	20,477	18,351	14,664	17,755	19,603	21,780	23,950	19,176	17,199	15,920
Distillate / diesel fuel oil (million liters)	2,979	2,468	3,100	4,156	5,595	6,431	7,817	7,745	8,398	8,157	8,288	8,854	9,429	9,743	9,823	9,158	8,560	7,738	7,870	8,392	8,099	7,592	7,204	7,283	4,495	4,793	5,086
Gasoline (million liters)	N	N	2,264	2,763	3,982	3,986	4,921	6,473	4,982	3,307	3,314	4,014	3,761	3,737	3,620	4,157	4,256	3,762	4,093	4,192	3,804	4,773	4,684	4,624	4,302	4,279	4,418
Pipeline
Natural gas (million cubic meters)	9,828	14,173	20,450	16,508	17,971	14,265	18,684	17,027	16,642	17,679	19,407	19,831	20,146	21,279	17,995	18,273	18,185	17,697	18,885	16,749	16,033	16,538	16,543	17,595	18,348	(R) 18,977	18,940

KEY: kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Domestic operations only.

^b Includes fuel used in air taxi operations, but not commuter operations. Data for 1996 are estimated using new information on nonrespondents and are therefore not comparable to earlier years. See the accuracy statement in the appendix for more detailed information.

^c Data for 2007-10 were calculated using a new methodology developed by FHWA. Data for these years are based on new categories and are not comparable to previous years. The new category Light duty vehicle, short wheel base includes passenger cars, light trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles with a wheelbase (WB) equal to or less than 121 inches. The new category Light duty vehicle, long wheel base includes large passenger cars, vans, pickup trucks, and sport/utility vehicles with wheelbases (WB) larger than 121 inches. In addition, this edition of table 4-05M is not comparable to previous editions.

^d Data from 1997-2009 are not comparable to data before 1997 due to different sources. Prior to 1984, excludes commuter rail, automated guideway, ferryboat, demand responsive vehicles, and most rural and small systems.

^e Diesel includes Diesel and Bio-Diesel.

^f Gasoline and all other nondiesel fuels include Gasoline, Liquified Petroleum Gas, Liquified Natural Gas, Methane, Ethanol, Bunker Fuel, Kerosene, Grain Additive, and Other Fuel.

NOTES:

The following conversion rates were used:

1 gallon = 3.785412 litres.

1 cubic foot = 0.028317 cubic metres.

SOURCES

Air:

Certificated air carriers:

1960-2010: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Fuel Cost and Consumption, available at http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information as of Mar. 8, 2012.

General aviation:

1960-70: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation - 1972 edition (Washington, DC: 1973), table 9.12.

1975-93: Ibid., General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity Survey (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 5.1, and similar tables in earlier editions.

1994-2010: Ibid., FAA Aerospace Forecasts Fiscal Years 2011-2031 (Washington, DC: February 2011), tables 23 and 31, and similar tables in earlier editions, available at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/apl/aviation_forecasts/ as of Mar. 8, 2012.

Highway:

1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of June 29, 2010.

1995-2010: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of Mar. 8, 2012.

Transit:

Electricity / motor fuel / compressed natural gas:

1960-96: American Public Transportation Association, 2009 Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: June 2009), tables 26, 27, 28 and similar tables in earlier editions.

1997-2010: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transportation Database, table 17 and similar tables in previous years, available at www.ntdprogram.gov as of Mar. 8, 2012.

Rail:

1960-2010: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 40.

Amtrak:

1975-2010: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Energy Management Department and Government Affairs Department, personal communication, Apr. 27, 2011.

Water:

Residual and distillate / diesel fuel oil:

1960-80: American Petroleum Institute, Basic Petroleum Data Book (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), tables 10, 10a, 12, and 12a.

1985-2010 U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/fuel_oil_and_kerosene_sales/foks.html as of Mar. 9, 2012.

Gasoline:

1970-2010: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table MF-24 and similar tables in earlier editions, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of Mar. 8, 2012.

Pipeline:

1960-2010: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2009, DOE/EIA-0131(04) (Washington, DC: December 2010), table 15 and similar tables in earlier editions, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/natural_gas/data_publications/natural_gas_annual/nga.html as of Mar. 8, 2012.