Table D1. Estimated U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Biofuels, 1990-1998
(Million Metric Tons of Carbon)

Fuel 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 P1998
Municipal Solid Waste 9.24 8.14 9.31 8.90 9.36 9.47 9.50 8.89 8.15
Alcohol Fuel 1.63 1.29 1.57 1.75 1.92 2.06 1.47 1.92 2.08
Wood and Wood Waste 57.48 57.62 60.32 58.58 60.84 63.70 64.89 61.31 62.50
  Total 68.34 67.05 71.20 69.23 72.13 75.24 75.85 72.12 72.73
P = preliminary data.
Note: 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).
Sources: Underlying energy data from Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1998, DOE/EIA-0384(98) (Washington, DC, July 1999), pp. 251-252. Emissions coefficients for municipal solid waste combustion and wood and wood waste from Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Annual 1997, Vol. 2, DOE/EIA-0348(97/2) (Washington, DC, October, 1998), Table A3, p. 120.

Back to Appendix D:  Emissions Sources Excluded