Table 4-4: U.S. Energy Consumption by the Transportation Sector
(Quadrillion Btu)
| 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | (R) 2008 | (R) 2009 | (P) 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy consumption (all sectors) | 45.09 | 54.02 | 67.84 | 71.96 | 78.07 | (R) 76.39 | (R) 84.49 | (R) 84.44 | (R) 85.78 | (R) 87.42 | (R) 89.09 | (R) 91.03 | (R) 94.02 | (R) 94.60 | (R) 95.02 | (R) 96.65 | (R) 98.81 | (R) 96.17 | (R) 97.69 | (R) 97.98 | (R) 100.15 | (R) 100.28 | (R) 99.62 | (R) 101.36 | 99.27 | 94.47 | 98.00 |
| Total transportation consumptiona | 10.60 | 12.43 | 16.10 | 18.25 | 19.70 | 20.09 | 22.42 | 22.12 | 22.42 | 22.77 | (R) 23.37 | 23.85 | 24.44 | 24.75 | 25.26 | 25.95 | 26.55 | (R) 26.28 | 26.84 | 26.99 | (R) 27.90 | 28.35 | 28.83 | 29.12 | 28.01 | 27.00 | 27.51 |
| Transportation as percent of total energy consumption | 23.5 | 23.0 | 23.7 | (R) 25.4 | 25.2 | 26.3 | 26.5 | (R) 26.2 | 26.1 | 26.0 | 26.2 | 26.2 | (R) 26.0 | (R) 26.2 | (R) 26.6 | 26.8 | (R) 26.9 | 27.3 | (R) 27.5 | (R) 27.6 | (R) 27.9 | (R) 28.3 | 28.9 | 28.7 | 28.2 | 28.6 | 28.1 |
| Total primary consumptionb | (R) 10.56 | (R) 12.40 | (R) 16.06 | 18.21 | 19.66 | 20.04 | 22.37 | (R) 22.06 | 22.36 | 22.72 | 23.31 | 23.79 | 24.38 | 24.70 | 25.20 | 25.89 | 26.49 | (R) 26.21 | (R) 26.78 | 26.92 | 27.82 | 28.27 | 28.75 | 29.03 | 27.93 | 26.92 | 27.43 |
| Coalc | 0.075 | 0.016 | 0.007 | 0.001 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| in million short tonsc | 3.046 | 0.655 | 0.298 | 0.024 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Natural gasd | 0.36 | 0.52 | 0.74 | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.52 | 0.68 | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.63 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.64 | 0.68 |
| in trillion cubic feet | 0.35 | 0.50 | 0.72 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.50 | 0.66 | 0.60 | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.68 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.63 | 0.66 |
| Petroleum productse | 10.13 | 11.87 | 15.31 | 17.62 | 19.01 | 19.47 | (R) 21.63 | 21.37 | 21.67 | 21.98 | 22.50 | 22.95 | (R) 23.57 | 23.81 | 24.42 | 25.10 | 25.68 | 25.41 | 25.91 | 26.06 | 26.92 | 27.31 | 27.65 | 27.76 | 26.41 | 25.34 | 25.65 |
| in million barrels | 1,880 | 2,203 | 2,839 | 3,267 | 3,494 | 3,591 | 3,974 | 3,929 | 3,982 | 4,060 | 4,167 | 4,259 | 4,363 | 4,416 | 4,533 | 4,659 | 4,762 | 4,722 | 4,821 | 4,862 | 5,021 | 5,094 | 5,175 | 5,215 | 5,016 | 4,847 | 4,931 |
| Electricity | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.011 | 0.010 | 0.011 | 0.014 | 0.016 | 0.016 | 0.016 | 0.016 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.018 | 0.020 | 0.019 | 0.023 | 0.025 | 0.026 | 0.025 | 0.028 | 0.026 | 0.027 | 0.026 |
| Electrical system energy lossesf | 0.026 | 0.024 | 0.026 | 0.024 | 0.027 | 0.032 | 0.037 | 0.037 | (R) 0.036 | 0.037 | 0.038 | (R) 0.038 | 0.038 | 0.038 | 0.038 | 0.040 | 0.042 | 0.043 | 0.042 | 0.051 | (R) 0.054 | 0.056 | 0.054 | 0.060 | 0.056 | 0.056 | 0.055 |
KEY: Btu = British thermal unit; N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised.
a Sum of primary consumption, electricity, and electrical system energy losses categories.
b Sum of biomass, natural gas, and petroleum categories.
c Beginning from 1980, small amounts of coal consumed for transportation are included in industrial sector consumption.
d Consumed in the operation of pipelines, primarily in compressors, and small amounts consumed as vehicle fuel.
e Includes most nonutility use of fossil fuels to produce electricity and small amounts (about 0.1 quadrillion Btu per year since 1990) of renewable energy in the form of ethanol blended into motor gasoline.
f Incurred in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity plus plant use and unaccounted for electrical system energy losses.
NOTE
Energy consumption (all sectors) differs from totals in table 4-2 for 1990 and subsequent years.
SOURCES
All except noted:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review (Washington DC: Annual Issues), tables 2.1a, 2-1e, 4-3, 7-3, and 5-13c, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Oct. 22, 2011.
Natural gas:
Cubic feet:
1960-70: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384 (2000) (Washington DC: August 2001) table 6.5.
1975-2010: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington DC: December 2011), table 4.3, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Dec. 7, 2011.