Transportation Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 36: Medium and Heavy Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Medium Trucks
 
Medium Truck Energy Use (PJ) 3.7   4.8 5.2 5.0 4.2 4.6

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Motor Gasoline 2.0   2.4 2.6 2.5 2.0 2.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 1.7   2.3 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.3
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.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 55.0   51.1 49.3 50.5 46.2 48.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 44.9   48.8 50.0 47.6 52.1 49.6
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.

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 470   796 881 862 754 835
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 7.85   6.00 5.91 5.81 5.61 5.50
Medium Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 0.3   0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Motor Gasoline 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
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.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 53.6   49.8 48.2 49.5 46.3 49.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 46.3   50.1 51.4 49.2 52.5 49.9
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.
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 68.8   69.3 69.3 69.0 70.6 70.6

Heavy Trucks
 
Heavy Truck Energy Use1 (PJ) 12.5   11.1 11.7 11.2 9.9 10.9

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 6,191   6,434 5,803 5,748 5,101 5,479
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.02   1.73 2.02 1.95 1.94 1.99
Heavy Truck GHG Emissions1 (Mt of CO2e) 0.9   0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.0   71.2 71.2 71.2 71.1 71.1

Footnotes:

1) Heavy trucks consume only diesel fuel oil.

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