Transportation Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 9: Road Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 55.1   48.6 56.9 56.6 58.9 60.8 59.3 49.6 52.5
Passenger Road Transportation 34.8   28.6 35.7 36.4 37.5 38.0 37.2 30.6 31.7
Freight Road Transportation 20.2   20.1 21.2 20.1 21.4 22.7 22.1 19.1 20.8

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas 0.0   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Motor Gasoline 39.0   32.0 40.8 42.2 43.6 44.6 43.9 36.0 37.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 16.0   16.3 15.9 14.1 14.9 15.8 15.0 13.3 14.3
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.
Propane 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas 0.0   0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Motor Gasoline 70.9   65.8 71.6 74.6 74.1 73.4 74.0 72.5 72.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 29.0   33.6 27.9 24.9 25.4 26.0 25.4 26.8 27.3
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 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 18,663   17,073 21,336 21,781 22,936 23,029 22,509 19,080 19,773
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 7,162   7,180 7,762 7,840 8,068 7,577 7,515 6,657 7,174
Passenger Road Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 1.87   1.67 1.68 1.67 1.63 1.65 1.65 1.60 1.60
Freight Road Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.83   2.79 2.73 2.56 2.65 3.00 2.93 2.86 2.90
Road Transportation GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 3.9   3.3 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.7
Passenger Road Transportation 2.5   1.9 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.1 2.2
Freight Road Transportation 1.4   1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.5

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
Motor Gasoline 2.7   2.1 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 1.1   1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.0
Ethanol n.a.   0.0 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 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity –   – – – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.0   0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Motor Gasoline 70.7   64.6 70.5 73.6 73.0 72.3 73.0 72.4 71.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 29.2   35.0 29.2 26.1 26.6 27.2 26.6 27.1 27.6
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 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Passenger Road Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.5   67.2 67.2 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 70.0 70.0
Freight Road Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.5   70.1 69.9 69.7 69.7 69.7 69.6 70.7 70.8

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.