Transportation Sector
Atlantic
Table 24: Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  1990   2015 2016 2017
Truck Energy Use (PJ) 67.3   105.0 108.8 105.6
Passenger Truck Transportation 25.7   48.4 52.6 53.4
Freight Truck Transportation 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 37.2   68.0 73.8 75.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 29.9   37.0 34.9 30.6
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 55.3   64.7 67.9 71.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 44.5   35.2 32.1 29.0
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.2   0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 8,900   21,243 23,444 24,034
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 12,863   19,973 21,346 19,854
Passenger Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.89   2.28 2.24 2.22
Freight Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 3.24   2.83 2.63 2.63
Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 4.7   7.2 7.4 7.2
Passenger Truck Transportation 1.8   3.2 3.5 3.6
Freight Truck Transportation 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 2.6   4.6 5.0 5.0
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 54.7   63.3 66.5 69.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 45.1   36.6 33.4 30.2
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.2   0.0 0.0 0.0
Passenger Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 69.5   67.1 67.1 67.1
Freight Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.0   69.8 69.7 69.5