TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 20 - Center for ...

Fuel
Motor
gasoline
LPG”
Jet fuel
Distillate fuel
Residual fuel
Lubricants
Aviation gas
Total
Natural gas
Electricity
Total
Table 3.6
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use in the Transportation Sector, 1980-98
(million metric tons of carbon)
1980 1985 1990 1995 1998
Emissions Percentage Emissions Percentage Emissions Percentage Emissions Percentage Emissions Percentage
238.1 62.9%
0.3 0.1%
42.0 11.1%
55.3 14.6%
30.0 7.9%
1.8 0.5%
1.2 0.3%
368.7 97.4%
9.4 2.5%
0.3 0.1%
378.4 100.0%
Petroleum
245.1 63.8% 260.9 60.4% 279.9 61.1% 294.6 60.8%
0.5 0.1% 0.4 0.1% 0.3 0.1% 0.2 0.0%
48.0 12.5% 60.1 13.9% 60.0 13.1% 64.2 13.2%
63.3 16.5% 75.7 17.5% 85.1 18.6% 96.9 20.0%
16.7 4.3% 21.9 5.1% 19.7 4.3% 14.9 3.1%
1.6 0.4% 1.8 0.4% 1.7 0.4% 1.8 0.4%
0 . 9 0.2% 0.8 0.2% 0.7 0.2% 0.7 0.2%
376.1 97.8% 421.5 97.5% 447.4 97.6% 473.4 97.6%
Other energy
7.5 2.0% 9.8 2.3% 10.4 2.3% 10.8 2.2%
0.7 0.2% 0.7 0.2% 0.6 0.1% 0.7 0.1%
384.4 100.0% 432.1 100.0% 458.5 100.0% 484.9 100.0%
Source:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States, 1998, Washington, DC,
October 1999, p. 24, and annual. (Additional resources: www.eia.doe.gov)
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