Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 11: Freight Road Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Freight Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 134.0   147.6 140.9 153.6 173.0 173.1 191.3 205.1 204.8 216.4 235.6 227.0 234.3 250.3

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 44.9   52.6 50.1 52.2 61.4 59.4 65.4 67.2 67.5 67.2 72.0 65.5 72.1 81.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 86.6   92.5 88.9 99.8 110.0 112.7 124.5 136.4 136.3 148.2 162.8 157.9 157.4 164.4
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2.6 4.0 3.2
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 2.5   2.5 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 33.5   35.6 35.6 33.9 35.5 34.3 34.2 32.8 32.9 31.1 30.6 28.8 30.8 32.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 64.6   62.6 63.1 64.9 63.6 65.1 65.1 66.5 66.6 68.5 69.1 69.5 67.2 65.7
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.2 1.7 1.3
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.9   1.7 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 44,758   47,053 44,683 51,249 56,666 56,026 61,479 66,187 63,611 64,322 71,726 69,621 73,721 80,753
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.99   3.14 3.15 3.00 3.05 3.09 3.11 3.10 3.22 3.36 3.29 3.26 3.18 3.10
Freight Road Transportation GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 9.4   10.4 9.9 10.8 12.1 12.2 13.4 14.4 14.4 15.2 16.5 15.9 16.4 17.5

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 3.1   3.6 3.5 3.6 4.2 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.9 5.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 6.1   6.6 6.3 7.1 7.8 8.0 8.9 9.7 9.7 10.5 11.6 11.2 11.2 11.7
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.2 0.3 0.2
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.2   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 33.1   35.1 35.1 33.4 34.8 33.5 33.3 31.9 32.0 30.1 29.5 27.8 29.7 31.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 65.3   63.4 63.8 65.6 64.4 65.9 66.0 67.5 67.6 69.5 70.2 70.7 68.4 66.9
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.1 1.6 1.2
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.6   1.5 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.2   70.2 70.3 70.3 70.2 70.2 70.1 70.1 70.1 70.1 70.1 70.1 70.0 69.9

n.a. - Denotes data that is not applicable.
n.a. - Denotes data that is not available.