Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 34: Passenger Light Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Passenger Light Truck Energy Use (PJ) 51.3   67.6 66.0 71.2 74.9 77.8 82.2 64.6 64.5

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 48.5   64.0 65.2 70.3 74.1 76.9 81.2 63.6 63.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 2.2   0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Ethanol n.a.   2.9 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.
Propane 0.5   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 94.7   94.6 98.7 98.9 98.9 98.8 98.9 98.5 98.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 4.3   0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.3
Ethanol n.a.   4.2 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 1.0   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 17,412   26,153 25,775 27,948 29,622 31,012 33,018 27,275 27,404
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.94   2.59 2.56 2.55 2.53 2.51 2.49 2.37 2.35
Passenger Light Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 3.6   4.5 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.5 4.5 4.5

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 3.4   4.3 4.4 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.4 4.5 4.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.2   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
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 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 94.8   94.6 98.7 98.8 98.9 98.8 98.8 98.5 98.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 4.3   1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3
Ethanol n.a.   4.2 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 0.9   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.7   67.0 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 70.2 70.2

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