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Estimated Consumption of Vehicle Fuels in Native Units, by Fuel Type
Data for: 2007
Report Release: April 2009
Next Release Date: April 2010
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Table C2. Estimated Consumption of Vehicle Fuels in Native Units, by Fuel Type, 2003 - 2007
Fuel Type Units 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Alternative Fuels
  Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) million cubic feet 16,051 19,145 20,106 20,724 21,514
  Electricity  thousand kwh 171,367 175,633 173,967 170,133 167,900
  Ethanol, 85 percent (E85)a  thousand gallons 36,633 43,862 52,881 61,168 75,126
  Hydrogen   thousand kilograms 2 7 23 37 60
  Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) thousand gallons 20,459 31,648 33,953 35,567 37,264
  Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) thousand gallons 303,645 286,328 254,285 233,959 205,892
  Other Fuelsb    na na na na na
Biodiesel thousand gallons 18,050 27,980 90,790 250,426 na
Oxygenates
  Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)c  thousand gallons 2,912,700 2,309,160 2,035,320 534,912 76,314
  Ethanol in Gasohol thousand gallons 2,794,874 3,514,909 4,013,679 5,429,217 6,885,690
Traditional Fuels
  Gasolined  thousand gallons 135,330,000 138,283,000 138,723,000 140,146,000 140,646,000
  Dieseld  thousand gallons 37,102,000 37,122,000 38,054,000 39,120,000 39,373,000
a The remaining portion of 85-percent ethanol is gasoline.  Consumption data include the gasoline portion of the fuel. 
b May include P-Series fuel or any other fuel designated by the Secretary of Energy as an alternative fuel in accordance with the Energy Policy Act of 1995.
c Includes a very small amount of other ethers, primarily Tertiary Amyl Methyl Ether (TAME) and Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE).
d Gasoline consumption includes ethanol in gasohol and MTBE.  Diesel includes biodiesel.  Gasoline and diesel values are rounded to the nearest million gallons.
Notes: na=not applicable, kwh=kilowatt hours.  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Sources:  Alternative Fuel Consumption:  Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels. Native unit conversion factors are from  the DOE/GSA Federal Automotive Statistical Tool (FAST).  Biodiesel Consumption: Energy Information Administration, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting and U.S. Census Bureau.   Ethanol Consumption:  Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, (February 2008).   MTBE Consumption:  Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Navigator, extracted February 2008.  Traditional Fuel Consumption: Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Annual, Volume 1 (September 2007). Highway use of gasoline was estimated as 98.8 percent of consumption, based on data in the Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 26, prepared by Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy (May 2007). Diesel consumption was adjusted for highway use by multiplying by .61 derived from Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales 2005 (December 2007).