Figure 1 - Estimated Vehicle Fuel Consumption in the United States: 2000
Figure 1 - Estimated Vehicle Fuel Consumption in the United States: 2000
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| Fuel consumption | Thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Total fuel consumption | ||
| Traditional fuels | 161,430,340 | 97.3 |
| Alternative fuels | 353,760 | 0.21 |
| Replacement fuels | 4,116,000 | 2.49 |
| Total | 165,900,100 | 100.0 |
| Alternative fuel consumption only | ||
| Liquefied petroleum gas | 242,695 | 68.6 |
| Compressed natural gas | 97,568 | 27.6 |
| Liquefied natural gas | 6,847 | 1.9 |
| Methanol (85%) | 996 | 0.28 |
| Methanol, neat (100%) | 437 | 0.12 |
| Ethanol (85%) | 3,344 | 0.95 |
| Ethanol (95%) | 54 | 0.02 |
| Electricity | 1,819 | 0.51 |
| Total | 353,760 | 100.0 |
NOTES: The remaining portion of 85% methanol and ethanol fuels is gasoline. Figure is not proportional.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 1999 (revised), table 10, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelalternate.html, as of Jan. 8, 2002.