Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 10: Passenger Road Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Passenger Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 118.3   124.8 128.3 118.2 113.2 118.6 115.2 124.3 120.7 118.1 116.2 107.0 113.4 120.4

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.3   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3
Motor Gasoline 106.1   110.0 111.4 104.3 101.6 105.6 105.0 112.6 109.0 105.7 103.2 90.5 96.5 104.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 9.9   12.5 14.8 11.9 9.6 11.0 8.6 10.1 10.5 11.5 12.1 11.4 10.3 10.8
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 3.6 5.3 4.0
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.9   1.9 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6

Shares (%)
Electricity 0.2   0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2
Motor Gasoline 89.7   88.2 86.8 88.3 89.8 89.0 91.2 90.6 90.3 89.4 88.8 84.6 85.1 86.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 8.4   10.0 11.6 10.1 8.5 9.3 7.5 8.2 8.7 9.7 10.4 10.7 9.1 9.0
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 3.4 4.7 3.4
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.6   1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 53,862   58,189 61,266 56,605 53,511 57,233 57,120 60,696 59,295 59,932 59,685 55,280 58,017 60,938
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.20   2.14 2.09 2.09 2.12 2.07 2.02 2.05 2.04 1.97 1.95 1.94 1.95 1.98
Passenger Road Transportation GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 8.3   8.8 9.0 8.3 7.9 8.2 8.0 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.2 7.7 8.1

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity –   – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 7.5   7.8 7.9 7.4 7.1 7.4 7.3 7.8 7.5 7.2 7.0 6.1 6.5 7.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.7   0.9 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.2 0.4 0.3
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity –   – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Motor Gasoline 90.0   88.5 87.2 88.7 90.2 89.4 91.4 90.8 90.3 89.4 88.7 84.7 85.1 86.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 8.5   10.1 11.7 10.2 8.7 9.5 7.7 8.4 9.1 10.1 10.9 11.3 9.6 9.5
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 3.4 4.7 3.3
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.4   1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.2   70.3 70.2 70.2 69.7 69.4 69.1 68.8 68.5 68.3 68.1 67.7 67.5 67.3

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.

n.a. - Denotes data that is not applicable.
n.a. - Denotes data that is not available.