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Total Highway
Nonhighway
Air
Water
Other Trucks:
Defined as the difference between total trucks and 2-axle, 4-tire trucl~s. Total gallons of
fuel was taken fromDOT, FHWA, Highway StatisticsSummary to 1995, Table VM-
201A, and Table VM-1 of the 1996-98 annual editions. Based on data from the
1982 TIUS Public Use Tape, fuel use for 1970-87 was distributed among fuel types
as follows: 39.6% gasoline; 59.4% diesel; and 1.0% lpg. Fuel use for 1988-93 was
distributed based on the 1987 TIUS: 19.4% gasoline; 80.4% diesel; and 0.2% lpg.
Fuel use for 1994-96 was distributed based on the 1992 TIUS: 16.2% gasoline;
83.3% diesel; and 0.5% lpg. Fuel use for 1997-98 was distributed as follows based
on data from the 1997 VIUS Public Use CD: 12.4% of fuel assumed to be gasoline,
87.1% diesel, and 0.5% lpg.
Sum of autos, motorcycles, buses, light trucks, and other trucks.
Sum of fuel use by General Aviation and Certificated Route Air Carrier.
General Aviation:
1970-74 - DOT, TSC, National Transportation Statistics, Cambridge, MA, 198 1.
1975-85 - DOT, FAA, FAA Aviation Forecasts, Washington, DC, annual.
1985-97 - DOT, FAA, General Aviation Activity and Avionics Survey: Annual Summary
Report, Calendar Year 1998, Table 5.1. Jet fuel was converted from gallons to Btu
using 135,000 Btu/gallon (kerosene-type jet fuel).
Certificated Route Air Carrier:
I970-81- DOT, Civil Aeronautics Board, Fuel Cost and Consumption, Washington, DC,
annual.
1982-98- DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, “Fuel Cost and Consumption
Tables;” annual figures were obtained by summing monthly totals. These data are
for domestic carriers, but include the international operations of those domestic
carriers. The international operations total was divided in half to estimate domestic
fuel use for international flights.
Sum of vessel bunkering fuel (i.e., freight) and fuel used by recreational boats.
Freight:
Total - DOE, EIA, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales 1998, Table 23. Adjusted sales of
distillateandresidual fuel oil for vessel bunkering. (This may include some amounts
of bunltei- fuels used for recreational purposes.)
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