Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 36: Medium and Heavy Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Medium Trucks
 
Medium Truck Energy Use (PJ) 26.4   30.9 30.5 39.6 44.7 48.1 58.6 50.4 58.0 60.6 65.4 61.4 62.9 67.5

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Motor Gasoline 14.5   14.3 13.1 16.0 18.7 19.0 25.3 19.7 22.1 25.5 25.3 23.4 23.9 24.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 11.7   16.3 17.2 23.2 25.4 28.6 33.3 30.7 35.9 34.6 38.7 36.5 37.6 41.7
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 55.0   46.4 42.9 40.5 41.9 39.5 43.1 39.1 38.1 42.0 38.6 38.1 38.0 36.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 44.3   52.7 56.4 58.5 56.8 59.5 56.9 60.9 61.9 57.0 59.2 59.4 59.8 61.7
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.3
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 3,362   3,914 3,902 5,109 5,845 6,342 8,644 7,524 8,528 8,407 9,693 9,235 9,600 10,441
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 7.85   7.88 7.83 7.74 7.65 7.58 6.78 6.69 6.80 7.21 6.75 6.65 6.55 6.47
Medium Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 1.8   2.1 2.1 2.7 3.1 3.3 4.1 3.5 4.0 4.2 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.7

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Motor Gasoline 1.0   1.0 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.8   1.2 1.2 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.7 3.0
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 53.6   45.1 41.6 39.3 40.7 38.2 41.8 37.9 36.8 40.8 37.4 36.9 36.8 35.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 45.7   54.1 57.8 59.9 58.2 60.9 58.2 62.1 63.2 58.4 60.5 60.8 61.1 63.0
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.2
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 68.7   69.1 69.3 69.4 69.4 69.5 69.5 69.7 69.8 69.5 69.6 69.6 69.7 69.7

Heavy Trucks
 
Heavy Truck Energy Use1 (PJ) 39.8   33.3 32.7 35.3 40.0 38.9 33.8 40.5 39.5 32.4 31.9 30.5 33.2 36.8

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 19,582   16,590 16,448 17,972 20,603 19,420 14,996 17,363 17,933 13,731 13,779 12,847 14,402 16,450
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.03   2.01 1.99 1.97 1.94 2.00 2.25 2.33 2.20 2.36 2.32 2.38 2.31 2.24
Heavy Truck GHG Emissions1 (Mt of CO2e) 2.8   2.4 2.3 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.6
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.0   71.0 71.0 71.1 71.1 71.1 71.1 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2

Footnotes:

1) Heavy trucks consume only diesel fuel oil.

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