Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 26: Freight Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Freight Truck Energy Use (PJ) 134.0   260.7 229.2 209.6 213.1 225.5 229.2 179.4 187.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2
Motor Gasoline 44.9   84.1 84.4 87.9 89.1 91.1 94.9 70.2 73.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 86.6   172.0 143.8 120.8 123.2 133.4 133.3 108.3 113.5
Ethanol n.a.   3.8 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 2.5   0.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Motor Gasoline 33.5   32.3 36.8 41.9 41.8 40.4 41.4 39.2 39.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 64.6   66.0 62.7 57.6 57.8 59.2 58.2 60.4 60.5
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.
Propane 1.9   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 44,758   90,051 83,108 79,988 80,436 77,544 81,688 65,727 68,757
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.99   2.90 2.76 2.62 2.65 2.91 2.81 2.73 2.73
Freight Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 9.4   18.2 16.0 14.6 14.8 15.7 15.9 12.7 13.3

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 3.1   5.7 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.4 4.9 5.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 6.1   12.3 10.2 8.6 8.8 9.5 9.5 7.7 8.1
Ethanol n.a.   0.3 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.
Propane 0.2   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 33.1   31.1 35.6 40.6 40.5 39.1 40.1 39.0 38.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 65.3   67.2 64.1 59.0 59.2 60.6 59.6 60.7 60.8
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.
Propane 1.6   0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.2   69.9 69.7 69.5 69.6 69.6 69.5 70.8 70.8

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