Table 5-7: Fuel Consumption by Transportation Mode (Historical)

Table in Excel format

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Highway
Gasoline, diesel and other fuels (million gallons)	114,960	130,755	162,555	163,478	168,682	(R) 170,069	173,750
Truck, total	19,960	24,490	35,229	35,179	36,800	(R) 32,696	33,968
Single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more truck	6,923	8,357	9,563	9,667	10,321	(R) 8,880	9,263
Combination truck	13,037	16,133	25,666	25,512	26,480	(R) 23,815	24,705
Truck (percent of total)	17.4	18.7	21.7	21.5	21.8	(R) 19.2	19.6
Rail, Class I (in freight service)
Distillate / diesel fuel (million gallons)	3,904	3,115	3,700	3,710	3,730	3,826	4,059
Water
Residual fuel oil (million gallons)	8,952	6,326	6,410	5,409	4,848	3,874	4,690
Distillate / diesel fuel oil (million gallons)	1,478	2,065	2,261	2,044	2,079	2,217	2,140
Gasoline (million gallons)	1,052	1,300	1,124	994	1,081	1,107	1,005
Pipeline
Natural gas (million cubic feet)	634,622	659,816	642,210	624,964	666,920	(R) 591,492	571,853

Key: R = revised.

Sources: Highway: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2004 (Washington, DC: 2005), table VM-1 and similar tables in earlier editions.

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

Water: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales 2004 (Washington, DC: 2005), tables 2, 4, and similar tables in earlier editions.

Pipeline: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2004, DOE/EIA-0131(02) (Washington, DC: December 2005), table 15 and similar tables in earlier editions.