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Oxygenates are blended with gasoline to be used in conventional vehicles. The amount of oxygenate use dwarfs
the alternative fuel use. Gasoline-equivalent gallons are used in this table to allow comparisons of different fuel
types.
Table 2.3
Alternative Fuel and Oxygenate Consumption, 1992–2002
(thousand gasoline–equivalent gallons)
Alternative fuel 1993 1995 1998 2000 2001 2002 a
a Based on plans or projections.
b Consumption includes gasoline portion of the mixture.
c Vehicle consumption only; does not include power plant inputs.
d Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether. This category includes a very small amount of other ethers, primarily
Tertiary Amyl Methyl Ether (TAME) and Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE).
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 23—2003
2002
Percentage
Liquified petroleum gas 264,655 232,701 241,386 242,062 251,353 255,515 6.3%
Compressed natural gas 21,603 35,162 72,412 98,351 111,797 113,554 2.8%
Liquified natural gas 1,901 2,759 5,343 7,121 8,786 10,504 0.3%
M85 b 1,593 2,023 1,212 585 440 330 0.0%
M100 3,166 2,150 449 437 406 0 0.0%
E85 b
48 190 1,727 7,074 8,736 10,075 0.2%
E95 b 80 995 59 13 0 0 0.0%
Electricity c
288 663 1,202 2,670 3,903 4,460 0.1%
Subtotal 229,334 276,643 323,790 363,313 385,421 394,438 9.8%
Oxygenates
MTBE d 2,069,200 2,691,200 2,903,400 3,087,900 2,890,400 2,531,000 62.6%
Ethanol in gasohol 760,000 910,700 889,500 1,106,300 1,117,500 1,118,900 27.7%
Total 3,122,534 3,878,543 4,116,690 4,564,329 4,418,752 4,044,338 100.0%
Source:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels,
2000, Washington, DC, September 2002, web site www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/alternate/page/datatables/atf1-
13_00.html, Table 10. (Additional resources: www.eia.doe.gov)
Note:
These data were released in September 2002. Please check the source web site for updates which were not
available when this document went to press.
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