Transportation Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 22: Bus Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Bus Energy Use (PJ) 1.4   1.3 1.6 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3
Motor Gasoline 0.1   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 0.0 0.1 0.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 1.3   1.3 1.6 2.0 1.8 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 0.0   1.1 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 6.9 10.0 14.5 19.8
Motor Gasoline 5.5   1.4 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.5 1.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.7 3.8 4.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 94.5   97.4 97.9 97.5 97.0 95.9 96.7 98.1 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.7 97.9 98.1 90.8 87.2 81.7 75.9
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 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. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.0   0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 1,330   1,297 1,588 2,095 1,926 1,491 1,548 1,392 1,402 1,674 1,565 1,945 1,577 1,600 1,507 1,578 1,492 1,976
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 1.02   1.01 1.00 0.98 0.98 0.93 0.81 0.98 0.98 0.88 0.87 0.86 0.83 0.90 0.95 0.94 0.91 0.68
Bus GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
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 4.8 7.0 10.4 14.5
Motor Gasoline 5.2   1.3 1.0 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.8 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.9 1.8 2.2 2.7 3.8 4.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 94.8   98.6 98.8 98.6 98.3 97.6 98.6 98.2 98.9 98.9 98.8 98.7 98.0 98.1 93.0 90.3 85.8 81.2
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 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. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.0   0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.7   70.2 70.4 70.3 70.2 69.8 69.8 71.1 71.1 71.1 71.1 71.2 71.1 71.1 69.6 68.8 67.8 66.6

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.