Transportation Sector
Atlantic
Table 11: Freight Road Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  1990   2015 2016 2017
Freight Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 41.6   56.6 56.2 52.2

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 12.3   19.8 21.5 21.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 29.2   36.8 34.6 30.3
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 29.6   35.0 38.3 41.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 70.1   64.9 61.6 58.1
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.3   0.1 0.1 0.1

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 12,863   19,973 21,346 19,854
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 3.24   2.83 2.63 2.63
Freight Road Transportation GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 2.9   4.0 3.9 3.6

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 0.8   1.3 1.4 1.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 2.1   2.6 2.5 2.2
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 28.9   33.7 37.0 40.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 70.9   66.3 63.0 59.5
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.0   69.8 69.7 69.5