Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 20: Car Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Car Energy Use (PJ) 69.5   54.0 55.1 58.5 57.0 56.4 53.9 44.3 44.0

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 66.7   49.7 52.6 56.2 54.7 53.5 51.3 42.1 41.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.6   1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8
Ethanol n.a.   1.8 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 1.9   1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.3

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.3   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Motor Gasoline 96.1   92.1 95.5 96.1 96.0 94.9 95.2 95.2 95.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.9   2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 1.9 2.1 1.9
Ethanol n.a.   3.4 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 2.8   1.9 1.9 1.5 1.7 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.0

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 33,892   29,353 30,086 32,139 31,506 31,265 30,306 26,273 26,301
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.05   1.84 1.83 1.82 1.81 1.80 1.78 1.68 1.67
Car GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 4.9   3.6 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.1 3.1

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 4.7   3.3 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.0 2.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ethanol n.a.   0.1 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   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.2   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 96.5   92.2 95.6 96.1 96.1 95.0 95.3 95.5 95.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.9   2.7 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0
Ethanol n.a.   3.3 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 2.4   1.7 1.7 1.4 1.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.6
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.0   67.0 67.0 67.1 67.0 67.0 67.0 69.9 69.9

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