Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 28: School Bus Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
School Bus Energy Use (PJ) 2.6   1.1 1.5 1.7 0.9 0.9

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4
Motor Gasoline 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 2.3   0.7 1.1 1.3 0.5 0.5
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 2.3   22.0 15.7 15.9 39.9 43.0
Motor Gasoline 9.2   11.4 7.2 7.6 6.6 7.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 88.5   66.6 77.1 76.5 53.6 49.4
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 4,182   4,417 4,195 4,093 1,922 2,135
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 0.61   0.24 0.35 0.41 0.45 0.44
School Bus GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 1.7   16.2 11.3 11.4 31.1 33.9
Motor Gasoline 8.8   11.7 7.2 7.6 7.5 8.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 89.6   72.0 81.5 81.0 61.4 57.4
Ethanol 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.
Propane 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.1   65.9 67.4 67.3 62.0 61.3

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