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

Table in Excel format

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Highway
Gasoline, diesel and other fuels (million liters)	435,171	494,962	615,338	618,833	638,532	(R) 643,781	657,715
Truck, total	75,557	92,705	133,356	133,167	139,304	(R) 123,737	128,585
Single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more truck	26,206	31,635	36,200	36,595	39,068	(R) 33,616	35,064
Combination truck	46,350	61,070	97,156	96,573	100,236	(R) 90,120	93,520
Truck (percent of total)	17.4	18.7	21.7	21.5	21.8	(R) 19.2	19.6
Rail, Class I (in freight service)
Distillate / diesel fuel (million liters)	14,778	11,792	14,006	14,044	14,120	14,483	15,365
Water
Residual fuel oil (million liters)	33,887	23,947	24,264	20,475	18,351	14,665	17,754
Distillate / diesel fuel oil (million liters)	5,595	7,817	8,559	7,737	7,870	8,392	8,101
Gasoline (million liters)	3,982	4,921	4,255	3,763	4,093	4,192	3,804
Pipeline
Natural gas (million cubic meters)	17,970	18,684	18,185	17,697	18,885	(R) 16,749	16,193

Key: R = revised.

Note: 1 gallon = 3.8 liters; 1 cubic foot = 0.03 cubic meters.

Sources: Highway: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2004 (Washington, DC: 2005), table VM-1 and similar tables in earlier editions.

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

Water: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales 2004 (Washington, DC: 2005), tables 2, 4, and similar tables in earlier editions.

Pipeline: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2004, DOE/EIA-0131(02) (Washington, DC: December 2005), table 15 and similar tables in earlier editions.