Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 24: Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Truck Energy Use (PJ) 185.3   328.4 295.3 280.7 288.0 303.3 311.4 243.9 252.2
Passenger Truck Transportation 51.3   67.6 66.0 71.2 74.9 77.8 82.2 64.6 64.5
Freight Truck Transportation 134.0   260.7 229.2 209.6 213.1 225.5 229.2 179.4 187.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2
Motor Gasoline 93.5   148.1 149.6 158.3 163.2 168.0 176.1 133.9 137.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 88.8   172.7 144.5 121.4 123.9 134.2 134.2 109.1 114.3
Ethanol n.a.   6.6 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 3.0   0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 50.4   45.1 50.7 56.4 56.7 55.4 56.6 54.9 54.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 47.9   52.6 48.9 43.3 43.0 44.3 43.1 44.7 45.3
Ethanol n.a.   2.0 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.6   0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 17,412   26,153 25,775 27,948 29,622 31,012 33,018 27,275 27,404
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 44,758   90,051 83,108 79,988 80,436 77,544 81,688 65,727 68,757
Passenger Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.94   2.59 2.56 2.55 2.53 2.51 2.49 2.37 2.35
Freight Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.99   2.90 2.76 2.62 2.65 2.91 2.81 2.73 2.73
Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 13.0   22.8 20.4 19.3 19.8 20.9 21.5 17.2 17.8
Passenger Truck Transportation 3.6   4.5 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.5 4.5 4.5
Freight Truck Transportation 9.4   18.2 16.0 14.6 14.8 15.7 15.9 12.7 13.3

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 6.5   10.0 10.1 10.6 11.0 11.3 11.8 9.4 9.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 6.3   12.3 10.3 8.6 8.8 9.6 9.6 7.8 8.1
Ethanol n.a.   0.4 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 50.2   43.8 49.3 55.0 55.3 54.0 55.2 54.6 54.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 48.4   54.0 50.4 44.7 44.5 45.7 44.5 45.1 45.7
Ethanol n.a.   1.9 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.4   0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Passenger Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.7   67.0 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 70.2 70.2
Freight Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.2   69.9 69.7 69.5 69.6 69.6 69.5 70.8 70.8

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