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Figure 5-1. Energy Consumption by Freight Transportation Mode: 2005 (Historical)

Data represented in the figure
Table in Excel format

empty Cell 1980 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Truck (thousand gallons) 2,768 3,397 4,886 4,879 5,104 4,535 (R) 4,455 4,516
Class I Rail (Distillate/diesel fuel) (million gallons) 541 432 513 515 517 531 563 568
Water (thousand gallons) 1,677 1,396 1,414 1,218 1,149 1,026 (R) 1,182 1,211
Pipeline (natural gas only) (million cubic feet) 654 680 662 644 688 610 (R) 584 603

Key: R = revised

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

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: 2006), 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 2005, DOE/EIA-0131(04) (Washington, DC: December 2006), table 15.


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