Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 33: Light Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Light Truck Energy Use (PJ) 82.1   106.1 103.7 111.6 117.5 122.0 128.9 101.5 101.6
Passenger Light Truck Transportation 51.3   67.6 66.0 71.2 74.9 77.8 82.2 64.6 64.5
Freight Light Truck Transportation 30.8   38.4 37.6 40.5 42.6 44.2 46.7 36.9 37.1

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 75.7   99.8 101.7 109.7 115.7 120.1 126.9 99.5 99.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 3.4   1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3
Ethanol n.a.   4.5 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 2.9   0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 92.3   94.1 98.1 98.3 98.5 98.4 98.5 98.1 98.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 4.2   0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.3
Ethanol n.a.   4.2 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 3.6   0.8 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6

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) 3,222   4,774 4,716 5,105 5,404 5,658 6,024 4,997 5,049
Passenger Light 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 Light Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 9.57   8.05 7.98 7.93 7.88 7.82 7.75 7.38 7.34
Light Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 5.8   7.1 7.0 7.5 7.9 8.2 8.6 7.1 7.1
Passenger Light Truck Transportation 3.6   4.5 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.5 4.5 4.5
Freight Light Truck Transportation 2.2   2.6 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.6 2.6

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 5.4   6.7 6.8 7.4 7.8 8.1 8.5 7.0 7.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ethanol n.a.   0.3 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   0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 92.7   94.1 98.1 98.3 98.5 98.4 98.5 98.2 98.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 4.2   1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3
Ethanol n.a.   4.2 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 3.1   0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Passenger Light 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 Light Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.0   66.9 67.0 67.0 67.0 67.0 67.0 70.0 70.1

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