Transportation Sector
Atlantic
Table 26: Freight Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Freight Truck Energy Use (PJ) 59.6   53.5 56.6 56.2 55.4 57.6 55.5 48.7 50.0

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 14.5   16.3 19.8 21.5 21.6 21.2 20.9 17.5 18.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 45.0   36.9 36.8 34.6 33.8 36.3 34.5 31.1 31.4
Ethanol n.a.   0.3 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 0.1   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 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 24.3   30.4 34.9 38.3 38.9 36.8 37.6 36.0 37.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 75.5   68.9 65.0 61.6 61.0 63.0 62.2 63.8 62.7
Ethanol n.a.   0.6 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 0.2   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 21,378   18,551 20,529 21,787 20,661 19,479 19,348 17,183 17,290
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.79   2.88 2.76 2.58 2.68 2.96 2.87 2.83 2.89
Freight Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 4.2   3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.5

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 1.0   1.1 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 3.2   2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.2
Ethanol n.a.   0.0 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 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 23.9   29.2 33.6 36.9 37.5 35.5 36.3 35.7 36.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 75.9   70.2 66.3 63.0 62.4 64.4 63.6 64.1 63.0
Ethanol n.a.   0.6 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 0.2   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.6   70.0 69.8 69.7 69.7 69.7 69.7 70.8 70.8

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