Freight Facts and Figures 2010
Figure 5-1. Share of Energy Consumption by Freight Transportation Mode: 2008
In 2008, trucking accounted for more than two-thirds of freight transportation energy consumption. Water was a distant second with roughly one-sixth of freight energy consumption.
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Data represented in the figure.
Trillions of BTUs
 |
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck (thousand gallons) | 2,768 | 3,397 | 4,886 | 4,879 | 5,104 | 4,535 | 4,455 | 5,028 | 5,130 | 5,209 | 4,955 |
| Class I Rail (Distillate/diesel fuel) (million gallons) | 541 | 432 | 513 | 515 | 517 | 531 | 563 | 568 | 581 | 563 | 539 |
| Water (thousand gallons) | 1,677 | 1,396 | 1,414 | 1,218 | 1,149 | 1,026 | 1,182 | 1,211 | 1,280 | 1,367 | 1,065 |
| Pipeline (natural gas only) (million cubic feet) | 654 | 680 | 662 | 644 | 688 | 610 | 584 | 602 | 602 | 642 | 668 |
Key: BTU = British thermal unit.
Sources:
Highway: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, (Washington, DC: annual issues), table VM-1, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2008/ as of April 25, 2010.
Rail: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: annual issues), p. 40.
Water: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales 2008 (Washington, DC: 2009), tables 2, 4, and similar tables in earlier editions; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: annual issues), table MF-24, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2008/ as of April 25, 2010.
Pipeline: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2008, (Washington, DC: January 2010), table 15 and similar tables in earlier editions.
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