Transportation Sector
Atlantic
Table 24: Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Truck Energy Use (PJ) 93.9   92.8 94.0 105.0 108.8 108.9 114.4
Passenger Truck Transportation 34.3   41.2 40.5 48.4 52.6 53.2 55.4
Freight Truck Transportation 59.6   51.6 53.5 56.6 56.2 55.6 59.0

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 47.9   57.0 55.7 67.9 73.8 74.6 77.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 45.9   34.9 37.1 37.0 34.9 34.2 36.8
Ethanol n.a.   0.9 1.2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 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 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 51.0   61.4 59.3 64.7 67.8 68.5 67.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 48.9   37.6 39.4 35.3 32.1 31.4 32.2
Ethanol n.a.   0.9 1.3 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 13,316   17,631 17,459 21,225 23,404 23,958 25,320
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 21,378   16,383 18,094 19,946 21,178 20,223 20,622
Passenger Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.58   2.33 2.32 2.28 2.25 2.22 2.19
Freight Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.79   3.15 2.96 2.84 2.65 2.75 2.86
Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 6.6   6.4 6.5 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.8
Passenger Truck Transportation 2.4   2.8 2.7 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.7
Freight Truck Transportation 4.2   3.6 3.7 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.1

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 3.4   3.8 3.7 4.6 5.0 5.0 5.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 3.3   2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6
Ethanol n.a.   0.1 0.1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   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

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 50.8   60.1 57.9 63.3 66.5 67.2 66.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 49.1   39.0 40.9 36.6 33.4 32.8 33.5
Ethanol n.a.   0.9 1.2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Passenger Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.7   67.3 67.0 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1
Freight Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.6   70.0 70.0 69.8 69.7 69.7 69.7