Transportation Sector
Atlantic
Table 36: Medium and Heavy Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Medium Trucks
 
Medium Truck Energy Use (PJ) 11.1   12.8 11.5 14.1 12.9 12.3 13.1

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Motor Gasoline 4.8   5.6 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 6.3   7.2 6.9 9.2 8.2 7.6 8.2
Ethanol 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.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 43.4   43.7 40.2 34.7 36.8 38.6 37.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 56.5   56.2 59.8 65.3 63.1 61.4 62.5
Ethanol 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.

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 1,397   1,618 1,460 1,805 1,679 1,621 1,926
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 7.96   7.91 7.85 7.80 7.70 7.59 6.82
Medium Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 0.8   0.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Motor Gasoline 0.3   0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.4   0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6
Ethanol 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.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 42.0   42.3 38.9 33.5 35.6 37.3 36.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 57.9   57.6 61.1 66.5 64.4 62.7 63.8
Ethanol 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.
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 69.3   69.3 69.5 69.8 69.7 69.7 69.7

Heavy Trucks
 
Heavy Truck Energy Use1 (PJ) 38.4   37.0 36.5 35.3 34.8 36.7 32.9

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 18,780   18,256 18,246 17,848 17,759 18,465 15,403
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.05   2.02 2.00 1.98 1.96 1.99 2.14
Heavy Truck GHG Emissions1 (Mt of CO2e) 2.7   2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.3
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.0   71.0 71.1 71.1 71.1 71.1 71.2

Footnotes:

1) Heavy trucks consume only diesel fuel oil.