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. |
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