Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 33: Light Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Light Truck Energy Use (PJ) 73.7   79.1 83.5 94.0 96.9 101.2 101.5 89.8 92.5
Passenger Light Truck Transportation 52.1   56.4 59.6 67.4 69.5 72.2 72.5 64.2 66.1
Freight Light Truck Transportation 21.6   22.6 23.8 26.6 27.4 29.1 29.0 25.6 26.5

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 67.3   73.6 80.4 90.9 93.6 96.8 97.1 85.7 88.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 3.5   1.2 1.4 1.8 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.4
Ethanol n.a.   2.7 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 2.9   1.5 1.6 1.3 1.4 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.8

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 91.3   93.0 96.3 96.6 96.6 95.6 95.7 95.4 95.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 4.7   1.5 1.7 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.7 2.6
Ethanol n.a.   3.4 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 3.9   1.9 1.9 1.4 1.5 2.3 2.1 1.9 2.0

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 20,364   24,322 25,937 29,663 30,880 32,318 33,058 30,897 32,142
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 2,596   3,114 3,314 3,736 3,890 4,155 4,219 3,917 4,101
Passenger Light Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.56   2.32 2.30 2.27 2.25 2.23 2.19 2.08 2.06
Freight Light Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 8.31   7.26 7.19 7.11 7.04 6.99 6.88 6.52 6.45
Light Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 5.2   5.3 5.6 6.3 6.5 6.8 6.8 6.3 6.5
Passenger Light Truck Transportation 3.7   3.8 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.6
Freight Light Truck Transportation 1.5   1.5 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8

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
Motor Gasoline 4.8   4.9 5.4 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.0 6.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Ethanol n.a.   0.2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 91.8   93.2 96.4 96.7 96.6 95.7 95.7 95.6 95.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 4.8   1.6 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.8 2.7
Ethanol n.a.   3.4 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 3.4   1.8 1.7 1.3 1.3 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.7
Passenger Light Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.6   67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 70.2 70.1
Freight Light Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 69.7   66.7 66.7 66.9 66.8 66.7 66.8 69.7 69.7

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