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Table 5-7: Fuel Consumption by Transportation Mode (Historical)

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empty Cell 1980 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003
Highwayempty Cell
Gasoline, diesel and other fuels (million gallons) 114,960 130,755 162,555 163,478 (R) 168,682 169,624
Truck, total 19,960 24,490 35,229 35,179 (R) 36,800 37,585
Single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more truck 6,923 8,357 9,563 9,667 (R) 10,321 10,690
Combination truck 13,037 16,133 25,666 25,512 (R) 26,480 26,895
Truck (percent of total) 17.4 18.7 21.7 21.5 (R) 21.8 22.2
Rail, Class I (in freight service)empty Cell
Distillate / diesel fuel (million gallons) 3,904 3,115 3,700 3,710 3,730 3,826
Waterempty Cell
Residual fuel oil (million gallons) 8,952 6,326 6,410 5,409 4,848 3,874
Distillate / diesel fuel oil (million gallons) 1,478 2,065 2,261 2,044 2,079 2,217
Gasoline (million gallons) 1,052 1,300 1,124 994 1,081 1,107
Pipelineempty Cell
Natural gas (million cubic feet) 634,622 659,816 642,210 624,964 (R) 666,920 664,973

Key: R = revised.

Sources: Highway: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1 and similar tables in earlier editions.

Rail: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: October 2004), p. 40.

Water: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 2, 4, and similar tables in earlier editions.

Pipeline: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2003, DOE/EIA-0131(02) (Washington, DC: January 2005), table 15 and similar tables in earlier editions.

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