Figure 5-1: Energy Consumption by Freight Transportation Mode: 2002

In 2002, trucking accounted for 69 percent of freight transportation energy consumption. Water accounted for 15 percent, natural gas pipelines 9 percent, and Class I rail only 7 percent.

See paragraph above and table below for explanation of Figure 5-1

Data represented in the figure
Table in Excel format

	Trillion Btu
Truck	5,098
Class I Rail (Distillate/diesel fuel)	517
Water	1,149
Pipeline (natural gas only)	688

Note: Data do not include energy consumed by oil pipelines (crude petroleum and petroleum products) nor coal slurry/water slurry pipelines.

Sources: Truck: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

Rail: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: October 2002), p. 40.

Water: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales (Washington, DC: Annual issues); U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-24 and similar tables in earlier editions.

Pipeline: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2001, DOE/EIA-0131(01) (Washington, DC: November 2002), table 15 and similar tables in earlier editions.