Table 8. U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use in the
Transportation Sector, 1990-1998
(Million Metric Tons of Carbon)
Fuel | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | P1998 |
Petroleum | |||||||||
Motor Gasoline | 260.6 | 259.2 | 263.1 | 268.9 | 273.3 | 279.0 | 284.0 | 286.5 | 294.6 |
LPG | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Jet Fuel | 60.1 | 58.1 | 57.6 | 58.1 | 60.4 | 60.0 | 62.7 | 63.3 | 64.2 |
Distillate Fuel | 75.7 | 72.6 | 75.3 | 77.3 | 82.5 | 85.1 | 89.7 | 93.5 | 96.9 |
Residual Fuel | 21.9 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 19.7 | 18.4 | 15.5 | 14.9 |
Lubricants | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Aviation Gas | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Total | 421.2 | 414.6 | 421.6 | 426.4 | 438.2 | 446.5 | 457.4 | 461.5 | 473.4 |
Natural Gas | 9.8 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 10.8 |
Electricity | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Total | 431.8 | 424.3 | 431.1 | 436.4 | 449.1 | 457.6 | 468.7 | 473.4 | 484.9 |
P = preliminary data. Notes: Data in this table are revised from the data contained in the previous EIA report, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 1997, DOE/EIA-0573(97) (Washington, DC, October 1998). Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Source: EIA estimates documented in this chapter and in Appendix A. |
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