Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 38: Freight Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Freight Truck Energy Use (PJ) 711.1   710.1 704.0 765.5 809.3 823.5 839.9 876.3 891.7 904.6 951.8 968.3

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3
Motor Gasoline 229.4   240.3 238.6 253.8 271.6 260.0 275.5 279.7 283.8 294.1 307.7 297.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 473.1   460.6 459.0 505.4 531.1 557.3 556.9 583.3 594.2 596.2 627.4 649.0
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.2 1.4 6.0 6.2 7.3 9.6 14.3
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.
Propane 8.5   9.1 6.3 6.1 6.4 4.9 6.1 7.2 7.4 6.9 6.8 7.3

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 32.3   33.8 33.9 33.2 33.6 31.6 32.8 31.9 31.8 32.5 32.3 30.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 66.5   64.9 65.2 66.0 65.6 67.7 66.3 66.6 66.6 65.9 65.9 67.0
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.5
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.
Propane 1.2   1.3 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 240,128   233,997 234,707 257,867 274,967 282,512 282,126 285,283 285,564 270,851 292,625 302,484
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.96   3.03 3.00 2.97 2.94 2.92 2.98 3.07 3.12 3.34 3.25 3.20
Freight Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 50.0   49.9 49.6 53.9 56.9 57.9 59.0 61.5 62.5 63.4 66.6 67.8

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 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 15.9   16.6 16.5 17.6 18.7 17.9 18.9 19.1 19.3 20.0 20.9 20.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 33.6   32.7 32.6 35.9 37.8 39.6 39.6 41.5 42.3 42.4 44.7 46.2
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.0
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.
Propane 0.5   0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 31.8   33.3 33.4 32.6 32.9 30.9 32.0 31.1 30.9 31.6 31.3 29.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 67.2   65.5 65.8 66.7 66.4 68.4 67.2 67.5 67.7 67.0 67.1 68.2
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.4
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.
Propane 1.0   1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.3   70.3 70.4 70.4 70.3 70.3 70.2 70.2 70.1 70.0 70.0 70.0

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