Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 25: Passenger Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Passenger Truck Energy Use (PJ) 52.1   56.4 59.6 67.4 69.5 72.2 72.5 64.2 66.1

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 49.0   53.3 58.3 65.9 67.8 70.2 70.5 62.1 63.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 2.5   0.9 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.8
Ethanol n.a.   1.9 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 0.6   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 94.0   94.4 97.7 97.7 97.7 97.2 97.2 96.7 96.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 4.9   1.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.8 2.7
Ethanol n.a.   3.5 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 1.1   0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 20,364   24,322 25,937 29,663 30,880 32,318 33,058 30,897 32,142
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.56   2.32 2.30 2.27 2.25 2.23 2.19 2.08 2.06
Passenger Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 3.7   3.8 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.6

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 3.5   3.6 3.9 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.2   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 0.0   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 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 94.1   94.4 97.6 97.6 97.6 97.1 97.1 96.7 96.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 4.9   1.7 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.8 2.7
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 1.0   0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.6   67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 70.2 70.1

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