Transportation Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 11: Freight Road Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Freight Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 20.2   21.4 22.7 22.1 19.1 20.8

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 6.0   7.9 8.3 8.3 6.8 7.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 14.2   13.5 14.4 13.6 12.2 13.2
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4
Motor Gasoline 29.5   36.9 36.6 37.6 35.8 35.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 70.3   63.0 63.1 61.9 63.8 63.7
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 7,162   8,068 7,577 7,515 6,657 7,174
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.83   2.65 3.00 2.93 2.86 2.90
Freight Road Transportation GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 1.4   1.5 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.5

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 0.4   0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 1.0   1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2
Motor Gasoline 29.1   35.6 35.3 36.3 35.6 35.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 70.7   64.3 64.5 63.3 64.1 64.1
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.5   69.7 69.7 69.6 70.7 70.8

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