Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 10: Passenger 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
Passenger Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 130.9   128.2 130.1 127.9 131.0 124.9 114.6 122.8 118.5 116.4 117.9 110.4 113.3 116.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.4   0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8
Natural Gas 0.5   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4
Motor Gasoline 116.5   112.2 113.3 111.8 117.0 110.8 103.7 109.3 104.2 105.3 102.5 95.1 98.0 100.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 10.9   12.9 13.7 13.3 11.3 11.2 8.8 10.7 11.0 8.4 8.8 8.3 8.4 9.5
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 3.6 4.0 3.9 3.6
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 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.2 1.5 2.1 2.6 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.5

Shares (%)
Electricity 0.3   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
Natural Gas 0.4   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
Motor Gasoline 89.0   87.5 87.1 87.4 89.3 88.7 90.5 89.0 87.9 90.5 86.9 86.1 86.5 86.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 8.3   10.0 10.5 10.4 8.7 9.0 7.7 8.7 9.3 7.2 7.4 7.6 7.4 8.1
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 3.1 3.7 3.4 3.1
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   2.0 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.8 1.3 1.7 2.2 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 62,886   62,725 64,370 63,779 64,797 62,941 59,476 62,768 60,917 59,838 61,091 57,471 59,606 61,394
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.08   2.04 2.02 2.00 2.02 1.99 1.93 1.96 1.95 1.95 1.93 1.92 1.90 1.90
Passenger Road Transportation GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 9.2   9.0 9.1 9.0 9.1 8.7 7.9 8.4 8.1 7.9 8.0 7.4 7.6 7.8

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity –   – – – – – – – – – – – – –
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 8.2   7.9 8.0 7.9 8.2 7.7 7.2 7.5 7.1 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.6 6.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.8   0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.2 0.3 0.3 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 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Electricity –   – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.3   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2
Motor Gasoline 89.6   88.0 87.6 87.9 89.7 89.1 90.8 89.4 88.3 90.9 87.4 86.6 87.1 86.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 8.5   10.2 10.7 10.6 8.9 9.2 7.9 9.0 9.7 7.6 7.8 8.0 7.9 8.6
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 3.1 3.7 3.4 3.1
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 1.7   1.7 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.9 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.2
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.0   70.1 70.1 70.1 69.7 69.4 69.0 68.6 68.2 68.0 67.7 67.4 67.1 67.0

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.

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