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Figure 5-1. Energy Consumption by Freight Transportation Mode: 2004 (Historical)

Data represented in the figure
Table in Excel format

empty Cell 1980 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Truck 2,768 3,397 4,886 4,879 5,104 (R) 4,535 4,712
Class I Rail (Distillate/diesel fuel) 541 432 513 515 517 531 563
Water 1,677 1,396 1,414 1,218 1,149 1,026 1,125
Pipeline (natural gas only) 654 680 662 (R) 644 688 (R) 610 590

Key: R = revised

Note: Data do not include energy consumed by oil pipelines (crude petroleum and petroleum products) nor coal slurry/water slurry pipelines.

Sources: Truck: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.

Rail: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 2005), p. 40.

Water: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales (Washington, DC: Annual issues) tables 2 and 4; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-24.

Pipeline: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2004, DOE/EIA-0131(01) (Washington, DC: December 2005), table 15.

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