AEO2013, Table 37 Transportation Sector Energy Use by Fuel Type Within a Mode, Reference case

(trillion Btu)

Mode and Type 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Light-Duty Vehicle

 Motor Gasoline 15315.24023 14917.30957 14564.82617 14442.37402 14345.63281 14248.8125 14149.17773

 E85 9.565985 16.794338 97.478271 117.435005 132.493149 136.556824 127.755035

 Compressed/Liquefied Natural Gas 21.469044 21.75832 22.383823 22.901056 23.329742 23.72304 24.088963

 Propane 40.053413 38.612331 38.975769 40.006042 40.319031 39.583992 39.910896

 Electricity 0.442703 0.486229 1.047613 1.722082 2.552207 3.407325 4.43598

 Liquid Hydrogen 0 0 0 0.142783 0.288947 0.407293 0.665692

 Distillate Fuel Oil (diesel) 84.930031 113.892792 143.268723 167.159836 189.908142 212.011261 232.361115

 Total 15471.70117 15108.85352 14867.98047 14791.74023 14734.52441 14664.50195 14578.39551

Commercial Light Trucks 1/

 Motor Gasoline 335.661011 325.287415 321.556946 324.706146 325.495819 326.28476 326.451843

 Distillate Fuel Oil (diesel) 201.406479 208.918854 219.410126 225.075577 228.920227 231.873337 233.603592

 Total 537.067444 534.206238 540.967102 549.781738 554.416077 558.158142 560.05542

Freight Trucks 2/

 Motor Gasoline 389.06012 388.328827 392.467407 399.448608 401.208191 402.136627 401.664398

 Distillate Fuel Oil (diesel) 4478.347656 4777.666016 5109.628906 5294.888672 5400.562988 5475.75293 5539.176758

 Compressed/Liquefied Natural Gas 10.542362 15.921459 17.109903 17.754274 18.022297 19.081409 20.345219

 Propane 19.94615 19.25058 19.046585 19.092232 19.1022 19.265779 19.526421

 Total 4897.896484 5201.166504 5538.252441 5731.184082 5838.895508 5916.236816 5980.712891

Freight Rail 3/

 Distillate Fuel Oil (diesel) 392.798401 423.934082 440.155823 455.944824 448.239227 461.4216 474.922302

 Residual Fuel Oil NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Compressed Natural Gas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Liquefied Natural Gas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Total 392.798401 423.934082 440.155823 455.944824 448.239227 461.4216 474.922302

Domestic Shipping

 Distillate Fuel Oil (diesel) 143.332993 153.326202 164.598816 167.760986 171.891098 173.870651 175.294052

 Residual Oil 54.342251 60.635384 67.593666 68.924904 70.662315 71.534225 72.186897

 Compressed Natural Gas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Liquefied Natural Gas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Total 197.675247 213.961578 232.192474 236.685883 242.553406 245.404877 247.480957

International Shipping

 Distillate Fuel Oil (diesel) 48.886597 50.65086 52.428997 52.499027 52.563797 52.631409 52.692326

 Residual Oil 642.161926 694.000793 745.957703 747.30835 748.659851 750.232605 751.799316

 Compressed Natural Gas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Liquefied Natural Gas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Total 691.048523 744.651672 798.386719 799.807373 801.223633 802.864014 804.491638

Air Transportation

 Jet Fuel 2449.66626 2468.760254 2493.996338 2519.763428 2543.319092 2564.455078 2584.050537

 Aviation Gasoline 32.013218 31.940157 31.879711 31.829699 31.788321 31.754086 31.72576

 Total 2481.679443 2500.700439 2525.875977 2551.593018 2575.107422 2596.209229 2615.776367

Miscellaneous Transportation

 Military Use

 Jet Fuel and Aviation Gasoline 554.479248 535.837585 519.05481 507.932098 501.150299 497.47934 495.8815

 Residual Fuel Oil 15.223356 15.884272 16.520365 16.174057 15.967435 15.863339 15.827001

 Distillates and Diesel 131.161697 131.203552 131.410004 128.59436 126.878716 125.94912 125.543861

 Total 700.864258 682.925415 666.985229 652.7005 643.99646 639.291748 637.25238

 Bus Transportation

 Transit Bus

 Motor Gasoline 11.377416 11.285205 11.194925 11.188242 11.183427 11.180297 11.178761

 Distillate Fuel Oil (diesel) 77.130989 78.555725 79.864731 78.465851 77.120285 75.742126 74.36174

 Compressed/Liquefied Natural Gas 10.681056 12.358541 14.079952 15.864189 17.608969 19.401653 21.208998

 Propane 0.07308 0.073044 0.072979 0.072901 0.072813 0.072718 0.072618

 Total Transit Bus 99.262543 102.272514 105.212585 105.591179 105.985497 106.396797 106.822113

 Intercity Bus

 Motor Gasoline 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Distillate Fuel Oil (diesel) 27.964979 29.227949 30.511644 30.806669 31.103527 31.401978 31.701889
 Compressed/Liquefied Natural Gas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Propane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Total Intercity Bus 27.964979 29.227949 30.511644 30.806669 31.103527 31.401978 31.701889

 School Bus

 Motor Gasoline 13.637309 13.71063 13.783381 13.957119 14.132614 14.309766 14.488491

 Distillate Fuel Oil (diesel) 95.372459 99.92984 104.582771 105.860123 107.150787 108.451973 109.76384

 Compressed/Liquefied Natural Gas 1.124292 1.178258 1.233426 1.29131 1.34938 1.409726 1.471522

 Propane 0.102988 0.10429 0.105607 0.106938 0.108282 0.10964 0.111009

 Total School Bus 110.237045 114.923019 119.705185 121.2155 122.741066 124.281113 125.834862

 Total Bus 237.464569 246.423477 255.429398 257.613342 259.830078 262.079895 264.358856

 Rail Transportation

 Intercity Rail 17.780226 18.33502 18.700443 18.486353 18.357151 18.364386 18.473825

 Electricity 1.948862 1.948734 1.929029 1.90694 1.893597 1.894344 1.905643

 Diesel 15.831364 16.386286 16.771414 16.579412 16.463554 16.470041 16.568182

 Compressed Natural Gas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Liquefied Natural Gas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Transit Rail 14.381986 14.532272 14.729345 14.937327 15.146094 15.322888 15.493484

 Electricity 14.381986 14.532272 14.729345 14.937327 15.146094 15.322888 15.493484

 Commuter Rail 14.742765 15.43751 16.133114 16.518848 16.863558 17.111832 17.335762

 Electricity 5.700976 5.785321 5.897337 6.011595 6.117066 6.196652 6.271961

 Diesel 9.041789 9.652189 10.235777 10.507253 10.746491 10.91518 11.063802

 Compressed Natural Gas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Liquefied Natural Gas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Total Rail 46.90498 48.304802 49.562904 49.942524 50.366802 50.799107 51.30307

 Recreational Boats 241.52478 243.147629 245.332001 247.634552 249.980835 252.110199 254.184311

 Gasoline 201.112518 200.376999 199.902603 201.04863 202.250305 203.420715 204.512787

 Distillate Fuel Oil (diesel) 40.41227 42.77063 45.429401 46.585922 47.730537 48.689476 49.67152

 Lubricants 118.620995 114.769989 116.266434 117.688271 118.764671 119.615303 120.245041

 Pipeline Fuel Natural Gas 715.38269 724.229858 702.209412 692.49939 708.892883 707.158569 708.930176

 Total Miscellaneous 2060.762207 2059.80127 2035.7854 2018.078613 2031.831665 2031.054688 2036.273804

Total gasoline + E85 (trill Btu) - HHV 16275.65459 15873.09298 15601.20971 15510.15777 15432.39632 15342.70149 15235.22905

Gasoline as E10 (bill gal) 134.46 131.14 128.89 128.14 127.50 126.75 125.87

From Table 17

Ethanol in E85 (Quad Btu) 0.006287 0.011039 0.06407 0.077187 0.087084 0.089755 0.08397

Ethanol in gasoline (Quad Btu) 1.089888 1.113926 1.188299 1.196242 1.217245 1.238953 1.272963

Total ethanol (trill Btu) - HHV 1096.175 1124.965 1252.369 1273.429 1304.329 1328.708 1356.933

Pure gasoline (trill Btu) - HHV 15179.47959 14748.12798 14348.84071 14236.72877 14128.06732 14013.99349 13878.29605

From Table 74 - HHV

Pure ethanol energy content (mill Btu/barrel) 3.561 3.561 3.561 3.561 3.561 3.561 3.561

Pure gasoline energy content (mill Btu/barrel) 5.253 5.253 5.253 5.253 5.253 5.253 5.253

Pure ethanol energy content (Btu/gal) - HHV 84,786 84,786 84,786 84,786 84,786 84,786 84,786

Pure gasoline energy content (Btu/gal) - HHV 125,071 125,071 125,071 125,071 125,071 125,071 125,071

Pure ethanol energy content (Btu/gal) - LHV 77,012 77,012 77,012 77,012 77,012 77,012 77,012

Pure gasoline energy content (Btu/gal) - LHV 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000

Total ethanol (trill Btu) - LHV 996 1,022 1,138 1,157 1,185 1,207 1,233

Pure gasoline (trill Btu) - LHV 13,957 13,561 13,193 13,090 12,990 12,886 12,761

Total gasoline energy (trill Btu) - LHV 14,953 14,582 14,331 14,247 14,175 14,092 13,993

Total gasoline energy (excludes E85) (trill Btu) 16,266 15,856 15,504 15,393 15,300 15,206 15,107

Ethanol in gasoline (trill Btu) 1,090 1,114 1,188 1,196 1,217 1,239 1,273

Pure gasoline energy (trill Btu) 15,176 14,742 14,315 14,196 14,083 13,967 13,835

Pure ethanol volume (bill gal) 13 13 14 14 14 15 15
Pure gasoline volume (bill gal) 121 118 114 114 113 112 111

Ethanol content of gasoline 9.58% 10.03% 10.91% 11.06% 11.31% 11.57% 11.95%

Total diesel (trill Btu) 5,746.62 6,136.11 6,548.30 6,780.73 6,909.28 7,025.18 7,126.72

Total diesel (bill gal) 41.94 44.78 47.79 49.48 50.42 51.27 52.01

Total Consumption 26730.62891 26787.27539 26979.59766 27134.81445 27226.79102 27275.84961 27298.10938

 1/ Commercial trucks from 8,501 to 10,000 pounds.

 2/ Does not include military distillate. Does not include commercial buses.

 3/ Does not include passenger rail.

 Btu = British thermal unit.

 - - = Not applicable.

 Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.

 Sources: 2010 and 2011 compressed and liquefied natural gas volumes: U.S. Energy Information

Administration (EIA), AEO2013 National Energy Modeling System. Other 2010

and 2011 values derived using: EIA, Annual Energy Review 2011, DOE/EIA-0384(2011) (Washington, DC, September 2012);

EIA, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales 2010, DOE/EIA-0535(2010) (Washington, DC, February 2012); EIA, State Energy Data

System 2010, DOE/EIA-0214(2010) (Washington, DC, June 2012); Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Transportation Energy Data

Book: Edition 31 (Oak Ridge, TN, July 2012); Department of Defense, Defense Fuel Supply Center, Factbook (January 2010);

and EIA, AEO2013 National Energy Modeling System. Projections: EIA, AEO2013

National Energy Modeling System.