Transportation Sector
Atlantic
Table 9: Road Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 148.4   145.8 149.5 154.0 149.8 150.9 146.6
Passenger Road Transportation 88.8   86.4 91.3 94.1 91.6 91.2 90.0
Freight Road Transportation 59.6   59.4 58.2 59.9 58.3 59.7 56.6

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 95.7   94.3 97.8 99.3 98.0 98.3 98.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 52.5   51.2 51.6 54.6 51.7 52.5 48.4
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.
Propane 0.2   0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Electricity 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 64.5   64.7 65.4 64.5 65.4 65.1 66.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 35.4   35.1 34.5 35.5 34.5 34.8 33.0
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.
Propane 0.1   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 46,310   45,325 48,522 51,061 49,461 49,525 50,108
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 21,378   21,046 20,955 20,960 20,764 21,446 18,686
Passenger Road Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 1.92   1.91 1.88 1.84 1.85 1.84 1.80
Freight Road Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.79   2.82 2.78 2.86 2.81 2.78 3.03
Road Transportation GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 10.5   10.3 10.6 10.9 10.5 10.6 10.2
Passenger Road Transportation 6.3   6.1 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.2
Freight Road Transportation 4.2   4.2 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.0

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity –   – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 6.7   6.6 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 3.7   3.6 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.4
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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity –   – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 64.3   64.5 65.2 64.2 65.0 64.6 66.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 35.6   35.4 34.8 35.7 34.9 35.3 33.7
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.
Propane 0.1   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Passenger Road Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.5   70.5 70.5 70.5 70.1 69.8 69.4
Freight Road Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.6   70.6 70.7 70.7 70.7 70.6 70.5

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.