Figure 5-1. Energy Consumption by Freight Transportation Mode: 2004 (Historical)
Data represented in the figure
Table in Excel format
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
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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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