Transportation Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 24: Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Truck Energy Use (PJ) 34.3   40.8 43.1 42.5 36.2 39.0
Passenger Truck Transportation 14.0   19.3 20.4 20.4 17.2 18.2
Freight Truck Transportation 20.2   21.4 22.7 22.1 19.1 20.8

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 19.8   27.1 28.6 28.6 23.8 25.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 14.5   13.6 14.5 13.8 12.3 13.4
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

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Motor Gasoline 57.6   66.5 66.2 67.3 65.8 65.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 42.3   33.4 33.6 32.4 33.9 34.4
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 0.1   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 5,593   9,121 9,723 9,854 8,699 9,251
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 7,162   8,068 7,577 7,515 6,657 7,174
Passenger Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.51   2.12 2.10 2.07 1.97 1.97
Freight Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.83   2.65 3.00 2.93 2.86 2.90
Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 2.4   2.8 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.7
Passenger Truck Transportation 1.0   1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3
Freight Truck Transportation 1.4   1.5 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.5

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 1.4   1.8 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 1.0   1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0
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 0.0   0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 57.4   65.2 64.9 66.0 65.6 65.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 42.5   34.7 35.0 33.8 34.3 34.7
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 0.1   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Passenger Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.7   67.1 67.1 67.1 70.2 70.2
Freight Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.5   69.7 69.7 69.6 70.7 70.8

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