Figure 5-1. Energy Consumption by Freight Transportation Mode: 2004

In 2004, trucking accounted for 68 percent of freight transportation energy consumption. Water transportation accounted for 16 percent, natural gas pipelines for 8 percent, and Class I rail for 8 percent.

Data represented in the figure
Table in Excel format | Historical data

	2004
Truck	4,712
Class I Rail (Distillate/diesel fuel)	563
Water	1,125
Pipeline (natural gas only)	590

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), table VM-1.

Rail: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 2005), p. 40.

Water: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales (Washington, DC: Annual issues) tables 2 and 4; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-24.

Pipeline: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2004, DOE/EIA-0131(01) (Washington, DC: December 2005), table 15.