Table 11.  Transportation Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, Selected Years, 1960-2006, North Carolina






Year


Coal a

Natural
Gas b		 Petroleum

Fuel
Ethanol d
Retail
Electricity
Sales




Net
Energy




Electrical System
Energy Losses e





Total d
Aviation
Gasoline a		 Distillate
Fuel Oil a		 Jet
Fuel a
LPG a,c
Lubricants a		 Motor
Gasoline d		 Residual
Fuel Oil a
Total 
Thousand
Short Tons		 Billion
Cubic Feet
Thousand Barrels		 Thousand
Barrels		 Million
Kilowatthours
1960
 42 2 692 3,187 3,401 5 545 34,580 494 42,905 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1961
 12 0 622 3,049 3,474 7 530 36,762 1,090 45,534 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1962
 10 3 742 3,335 3,854 11 542 37,248 502 46,234 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1963
 10 4 679 4,213 4,048 13 541 38,993 396 48,884 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1964
 9 4 740 4,595 4,154 11 569 40,090 437 50,596 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1965
 8 4 714 4,458 3,649 17 578 41,551 581 51,548 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1966
 8 4 347 4,907 3,896 22 600 44,029 708 54,508 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1967
 6 4 304 4,763 4,497 24 485 46,242 495 56,809 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1968
 5 5 296 5,432 5,259 33 533 48,924 290 60,766 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1969
 4 6 286 5,859 4,952 47 514 52,168 348 64,173 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1970
 4 6 151 6,301 4,702 65 523 54,989 345 67,077 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1971
 2 6 201 6,164 4,740 80 529 57,331 154 69,199 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1972
 2 6 245 6,550 4,144 98 566 62,105 132 73,838 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1973
 1 6 285 9,031 3,914 110 575 64,638 181 78,734 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1974
 1 4 237 8,963 3,907 115 550 65,110 191 79,072 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1975
 (s) 4 219 8,207 3,809 108 498 65,739 263 78,844 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1976
 (s) 3 155 8,969 3,715 119 553 68,849 206 82,567 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1977
 (s) 2 228 10,012 4,087 137 634 71,270 119 86,487 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1978
 0 3 256 10,437 4,338 156 681 74,159 88 90,115 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1979
 0 5 237 13,090 4,332 74 713 70,168 130 88,743 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1980
 0 6 215 10,707 5,209 50 635 64,918 99 81,834 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1981
 0 6 268 10,598 5,319 139 609 65,227 421 82,581 36 [f R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
1982
 0 7 185 10,883 5,747 144 555 64,731 240 82,485 17 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
1983
 0 6 188 12,716 6,404 171 581 66,151 41 86,253 7   0 – –   – – – –  
1984
 0 6 167 13,232 6,413 207 620 67,471 42 88,152 74 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
1985
 0 5 174 13,827 6,668 183 578 69,392 97 90,917 223 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
1986
 0 5 227 15,078 7,123 170 565 72,542 130 95,835 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1987
 0 5 218 15,721 7,749 125 638 75,173 648 100,273 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1988
 0 5 236 18,655 8,318 148 616 77,511 415 105,900 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1989
 0 6 231 15,435 7,689 153 631 76,412 664 101,215 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1990
 0 6 213 15,804 5,567 160 650 75,937 513 98,844 0   0 – –   – – – –  
1991
 0 6 170 15,672 4,384 186 581 75,811 742 97,547 119 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
1992
 0 6 154 16,805 4,684 143 593 76,054 652 99,085 77 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
1993
 0 6 118 16,931 4,897 155 604 80,528 423 103,655 77 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
1994
 0 6 136 19,201 4,359 278 631 82,476 210 107,290 294 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
1995
 0 6 139 19,855 4,947 141 620 85,383 299 111,384 28   0 – –   – – – –  
1996
 0 7 148 20,539 9,127 131 602 86,832 328 117,707 778 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
1997
 0 7 159 21,909 7,153 122 636 89,716 277 119,970 787 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
1998
 0 7 138 22,240 6,755 211 665 92,908 148 123,065 962 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
1999
 0 7 187 21,635 6,802 72 672 96,454 132 125,953 828 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
2000
 0 7 140 24,918 7,277 98 662 96,699 128 129,923 934 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
2001
 0 7 151 24,827 6,051 58 607 96,436 104 128,234 1,272 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
2002
 0 6 91 25,061 4,825 134 600 98,410 798 129,919 1,567 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
2003
 0 6 141 25,071 5,246 128 554 99,788 782 131,710 2,045 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
2004
 0 5 108 27,964 5,397 138 562 101,987 401 136,557 2,180 [R ] 0 – –   – – – –  
2005
 0 4 128 27,724 7,366 1,247 559 102,026 421 139,472 2,409 [R ] (s) – –   – – – –  
2006
 0 5 107 27,801 5,323 1,173 544 102,895 193 138,036 5,377   (s) – –   – – – –  
Trillion Btu
1960
 1.1 2.5 3.5 18.6 18.2 (s) 3.3 181.6 3.1 228.4 0.0   0.0 232.0   0.0 232.0  
1961
 0.3 0.0 3.1 17.8 18.6 (s) 3.2 193.1 6.9 242.7 0.0   0.0 243.0   0.0 243.0  
1962
 0.3 3.6 3.7 19.4 20.7 (s) 3.3 195.7 3.2 246.0 0.0   0.0 249.9   0.0 249.9  
1963
 0.2 4.0 3.4 24.5 21.8 0.1 3.3 204.8 2.5 260.4 0.0   0.0 264.6   0.0 264.6  
1964
 0.2 4.3 3.7 26.8 22.4 (s) 3.4 210.6 2.7 269.7 0.0   0.0 274.2   0.0 274.2  
1965
 0.2 4.4 3.6 26.0 19.7 0.1 3.5 218.3 3.7 274.8 0.0   0.0 279.4   0.0 279.4  
1966
 0.2 4.2 1.8 28.6 21.1 0.1 3.6 231.3 4.4 290.9 0.0   0.0 295.2   0.0 295.2  
1967
 0.2 4.5 1.5 27.7 24.4 0.1 2.9 242.9 3.1 302.7 0.0   0.0 307.3   0.0 307.3  
1968
 0.1 5.0 1.5 31.6 28.5 0.1 3.2 257.0 1.8 323.8 0.0   0.0 328.9   0.0 328.9  
1969
 0.1 6.0 1.4 34.1 27.0 0.2 3.1 274.0 2.2 342.1 0.0   0.0 348.1   0.0 348.1  
1970
 0.1 6.3 0.8 36.7 25.7 0.2 3.2 288.9 2.2 357.7 0.0   0.0 364.0   0.0 364.0  
1971
 0.1 6.4 1.0 35.9 25.9 0.3 3.2 301.2 1.0 368.5 0.0   0.0 374.9   0.0 374.9  
1972
 (s) 6.2 1.2 38.2 22.6 0.4 3.4 326.2 0.8 392.9 0.0   0.0 399.1   0.0 399.1  
1973
 (s) 6.2 1.4 52.6 21.4 0.4 3.5 339.5 1.1 420.0 0.0   0.0 426.2   0.0 426.2  
1974
 (s) 4.6 1.2 52.2 21.3 0.4 3.3 342.0 1.2 421.7 0.0   0.0 426.4   0.0 426.4  
1975
 (s) 3.6 1.1 47.8 20.8 0.4 3.0 345.3 1.7 420.1 0.0   0.0 423.8   0.0 423.8  
1976
 (s) 2.8 0.8 52.2 20.3 0.4 3.4 361.7 1.3 440.1 0.0   0.0 443.0   0.0 443.0  
1977
 (s) 2.2 1.1 58.3 22.4 0.5 3.8 374.4 0.7 461.4 0.0   0.0 463.6   0.0 463.6  
1978
 0.0 2.7 1.3 60.8 23.8 0.6 4.1 389.6 0.6 480.7 0.0   0.0 483.4   0.0 483.4  
1979
 0.0 5.1 1.2 76.3 23.8 0.3 4.3 368.6 0.8 475.2 0.0   0.0 480.4   0.0 480.4  
1980
 0.0 5.9 1.1 62.4 28.7 0.2 3.8 341.0 0.6 437.8 0.0   0.0 443.7   0.0 443.7  
1981
 0.0 6.3 1.4 61.7 29.4 0.5 3.7 342.6 2.6 441.9 0.1 [f ] 0.0 448.4 [f ] 0.0 448.4 [f ]
1982
 0.0 6.9 0.9 63.4 31.8 0.5 3.4 340.0 1.5 441.6 0.1   0.0 448.5   0.0 448.5  
1983
 0.0 6.0 1.0 74.1 35.6 0.6 3.5 347.5 0.3 462.5 (s)   0.0 468.5   0.0 468.5  
1984
 0.0 5.8 0.8 77.1 35.5 0.7 3.8 354.4 0.3 472.6 0.3   0.0 478.7   0.0 478.7  
1985
 0.0 4.9 0.9 80.5 37.0 0.7 3.5 364.5 0.6 487.7 0.8   0.0 493.4   0.0 493.4  
1986
 0.0 5.2 1.1 87.8 39.7 0.6 3.4 381.1 0.8 514.6 0.0   0.0 519.8   0.0 519.8  
1987
 0.0 5.3 1.1 91.6 43.2 0.5 3.9 394.9 4.1 539.2 0.0   0.0 544.5   0.0 544.5  
1988
 0.0 5.4 1.2 108.7 46.4 0.5 3.7 407.2 2.6 570.3 0.0   0.0 575.6   0.0 575.6  
1989
 0.0 5.9 1.2 89.9 42.8 0.6 3.8 401.4 4.2 543.9 0.0   0.0 549.7   0.0 549.7  
1990
 0.0 6.5 1.1 92.1 30.8 0.6 3.9 398.9 3.2 530.6 0.0   0.0 537.1   0.0 537.1  
1991
 0.0 6.4 0.9 91.3 24.3 0.7 3.5 398.2 4.7 523.5 0.4   0.0 530.4   0.0 530.4  
1992
 0.0 6.7 0.8 97.9 26.0 0.5 3.6 399.5 4.1 532.4 0.3   0.0 539.3   0.0 539.3  
1993
 0.0 6.2 0.6 98.6 27.2 0.6 3.7 423.0 2.7 556.3 0.3   0.0 562.5   0.0 562.5  
1994
 0.0 6.0 0.7 111.8 24.5 1.0 3.8 431.4 1.3 574.6 1.0 [R ] 0.0 580.5   0.0 580.5  
1995
 0.0 6.3 0.7 115.7 28.0 0.5 3.8 445.3 1.9 595.8 0.1   0.0 602.1   0.0 602.1  
1996
 0.0 7.7 0.7 119.6 51.7 0.5 3.6 452.9 2.1 631.2 2.8   0.0 638.9   0.0 638.9  
1997
 0.0 7.6 0.8 127.6 40.6 0.4 3.9 467.7 1.7 642.7 2.8   0.0 650.3   0.0 650.3  
1998
 0.0 7.0 0.7 129.5 38.3 0.8 4.0 484.2 0.9 658.5 3.4 [R ] 0.0 665.5   0.0 665.5  
1999
 0.0 6.8 0.9 126.0 38.6 0.3 4.1 502.6 0.8 673.3 2.9 [R ] 0.0 680.1   0.0 680.1  
2000
 0.0 7.4 0.7 145.1 41.3 0.4 4.0 503.8 0.8 696.1 3.3   0.0 703.5   0.0 703.5  
2001
 0.0 6.9 0.8 144.6 34.3 0.2 3.7 502.4 0.7 686.7 4.5 [R ] 0.0 693.6   0.0 693.6  
2002
 0.0 6.4 0.5 146.0 27.4 0.5 3.6 512.5 5.0 695.5 5.5 [R ] 0.0 701.8   0.0 701.8  
2003
 0.0 6.4 0.7 146.0 29.7 0.5 3.4 519.6 4.9 704.8 7.2 [R ] 0.0 711.3   0.0 711.3  
2004
 0.0 5.2 0.5 162.9 30.6 0.5 3.4 531.9 2.5 732.3 7.7 [R ] 0.0 737.6   0.0 737.6  
2005
 0.0 4.5 0.6 161.5 41.8 4.5 3.4 532.4 2.6 746.8 8.5 [R ] (s) 751.3   (s) 751.3  
2006
 0.0 4.9 0.5 161.9 30.2 4.2 3.3 536.9 1.2 738.3 19.0   (s) 743.2   (s) 743.2  
aThe continuity of these data series estimates may be affected by changing data sources and estimation methodologies. 
See the Technical Notes for each type of energy.		 fThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1980 and 1981 due to the expanded coverage of renewable energy
sources beginning in 1981.
bTransportation use of natural gas is gas consumed in the operation of pipelines, primarily in compressors, and, since
1990, is also natural gas consumed as vehicle fuel.		 – – = Not applicable.
cLiquefied petroleum gases. Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Physical unit value less than 0.5 or Btu value less than 0.05.
dBeginning in 1993, fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline is included in motor gasoline.  Fuel ethanol is also shown
separately to display the use of renewable energy by the transportation sector.  It is counted only once in the total.		 Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
eIncurred in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity plus plant use and unaccounted for electrical
system energy losses.		 Sources:  Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.