Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 36: Medium and Heavy Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Medium Trucks
 
Medium Truck Energy Use (PJ) 25.2   37.6 36.1 40.0 55.0 52.7 67.0 69.9 72.1 78.5 92.7 88.9 92.2 100.3

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Motor Gasoline 17.7   24.2 20.8 24.1 33.7 30.1 36.2 35.4 36.3 36.6 41.3 37.7 41.8 48.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 7.4   13.2 15.2 15.8 21.1 22.5 30.7 34.5 35.8 41.7 51.2 49.5 48.0 50.4
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.5 2.3 1.9
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 70.3   64.5 57.5 60.2 61.2 57.0 54.1 50.7 50.3 46.7 44.6 42.4 45.3 47.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 29.4   35.2 42.2 39.5 38.4 42.7 45.9 49.3 49.7 53.1 55.2 55.7 52.1 50.2
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.7 2.5 1.9
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 3,271   4,858 4,690 5,286 7,353 7,102 9,991 10,644 10,751 10,918 13,803 13,420 14,190 15,699
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 7.72   7.73 7.70 7.57 7.48 7.42 6.70 6.57 6.71 7.19 6.72 6.62 6.50 6.39
Medium Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 1.7   2.6 2.5 2.8 3.8 3.6 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.5 6.4 6.2 6.4 7.0

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Motor Gasoline 1.2   1.6 1.4 1.6 2.3 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.8 3.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.5   0.9 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.6 2.2 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.6
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.1 0.2 0.1
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 69.1   63.2 56.2 58.9 59.9 55.7 52.7 49.3 49.0 45.4 43.3 41.2 44.1 46.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 30.6   36.5 43.5 40.9 39.7 44.1 47.3 50.7 51.0 54.4 56.6 57.0 53.4 51.5
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.6 2.4 1.8
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 68.2   68.5 68.8 68.8 68.8 68.9 69.1 69.3 69.3 69.4 69.5 69.6 69.4 69.4

Heavy Trucks
 
Heavy Truck Energy Use1 (PJ) 78.0   77.7 71.9 82.6 87.7 88.8 93.5 101.7 100.2 106.2 111.2 108.0 109.0 113.8

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 38,265   38,752 36,439 42,568 45,967 45,375 47,968 51,647 49,057 49,650 54,139 52,587 55,516 60,605
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.04   2.01 1.97 1.94 1.91 1.96 1.95 1.97 2.04 2.14 2.05 2.05 1.96 1.88
Heavy Truck GHG Emissions1 (Mt of CO2e) 5.5   5.5 5.1 5.9 6.2 6.3 6.7 7.2 7.1 7.6 7.9 7.7 7.8 8.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.0   71.0 71.0 71.1 71.1 71.1 71.1 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2

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.