Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 36: Medium and Heavy Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Medium Trucks
 
Medium Truck Energy Use (PJ) 26.4   65.0 62.6 63.8 62.7 65.3 61.8 54.6 59.6

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Motor Gasoline 14.5   24.5 25.7 27.3 27.0 27.3 25.6 20.4 22.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 11.7   39.2 36.6 36.3 35.5 37.7 35.9 34.0 36.5
Ethanol n.a.   0.9 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.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 55.0   37.6 41.0 42.7 43.0 41.8 41.4 37.3 38.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 44.3   60.4 58.4 56.8 56.6 57.6 58.0 62.2 61.2
Ethanol n.a.   1.4 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.

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 3,362   10,222 10,022 10,394 10,385 10,984 10,572 9,636 10,712
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 7.85   6.36 6.25 6.14 6.04 5.95 5.85 5.67 5.57
Medium Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 1.8   4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.2

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Motor Gasoline 1.0   1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.8   2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.6
Ethanol n.a.   0.1 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.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 53.6   36.5 39.8 41.5 41.8 40.6 40.2 37.3 38.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 45.7   61.7 59.7 58.1 57.9 59.0 59.3 62.3 61.4
Ethanol n.a.   1.3 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.
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 68.7   69.7 69.7 69.6 69.6 69.6 69.6 70.9 70.9

Heavy Trucks
 
Heavy Truck Energy Use1 (PJ) 39.8   37.1 35.7 36.9 43.1 44.7 45.7 41.3 46.4

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 19,582   17,515 18,280 21,240 23,342 20,660 21,807 19,743 21,528
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.03   2.12 1.95 1.74 1.85 2.16 2.10 2.09 2.16
Heavy Truck GHG Emissions1 (Mt of CO2e) 2.8   2.6 2.5 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.3 2.9 3.3
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.0   71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.1 71.1

Footnotes:

1) Heavy trucks consume only diesel fuel oil.

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