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Table 4.  U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy and Industry, 1990-2002
(Million Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide)
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Fuel Type or Process 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 P2002
Energy Consumption
  Petroleum 2,177.7 2,123.4 2,173.9 2,168.1 2,211.5 2,193.8 2,277.6 2,295.4 2,347.2 2,415.1 2,439.4 2,457.8 2,452.7
 Coal 1,783.9 1,768.1 1,781.2 1,847.3 1,858.4 1,876.5 1,958.8 2,002.5 2,016.0 2,019.3 2,112.0 2,041.9 2,070.1
  Natural Gas 1,026.1 1,048.4 1,086.4 1,112.1 1,133.7 1,184.4 1,206.1 1,211.8 1,188.1 1,194.9 1,244.3 1,189.0 1,203.4
  Renewablesa 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 2.9 3.0 3.0
    Energy Subtotal 4,988.6 4,941.0 5,042.7 5,128.6 5,204.7 5,255.8 5,443.7 5,510.9 5,552.5 5,630.5 5,798.6 5,691.7 5,729.3
Adjustments to Energy
 U.S. Territories (+) 30.9 35.4 35.6 39.7 40.1 42.2 43.9 45.2 46.9 43.7 42.2 41.5 42.9
Military Bunker Fuels (-) 13.6 13.1 11.7 11.0 9.5 8.9 8.9 9.6 10.0 9.8 7.8 8.1 8.1
  International Bunker Fuels (-) 100.1 106.7 98.1 88.6 88.4 91.9 93.3 100.1 104.9 97.4 93.5 89.6 82.1
  Total Energy Adjustments -82.7 -84.3 -74.2 -59.9 -57.8 -58.6 -58.2 -64.6 -68.0 -63.5 -59.1 -56.2 -47.3
Adjusted Energy Subtotal 4,905.9 4,856.7 4,968.5 5,068.7 5,146.9 5,197.2 5,385.4 5,446.4 5,484.5 5,567.0 5,739.5 5,635.5 5,682.0
Other Sources
  Gas Flaring 9.1 10.3 10.2 13.7 13.8 17.2 16.5 15.5 6.2 6.7 5.5 5.2 5.1
  CO2 in Natural Gas 14.0 14.5 15.4 16.3 17.0 16.7 17.8 18.0 18.0 17.8 18.2 18.6 18.1
 Cement Production 33.3 32.5 32.8 34.7 36.8 36.9 37.2 38.4 39.3 40.1 41.3 41.4 43.3
  Other Industrial 26.8 26.4 26.5 26.3 26.7 28.4 29.0 29.5 30.0 29.3 29.6 27.7 27.4
  Waste Combustion 17.0 18.7 19.2 20.4 21.3 22.2 23.1 24.7 24.3 25.2 19.9 19.8 19.8
   Total Other Sources 100.2 102.4 104.1 111.3 115.6 121.3 123.4 126.2 117.9 119.1 114.5 112.8 113.6
Total 5,006.1 4,959.0 5,072.6 5,180.0 5,262.5 5,318.5 5,508.9 5,572.5 5,602.4 5,686.1 5,854.0 5,748.3 5,795.6

 

Table 5.  U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Consumption by End-Use Sector, 1990-2002
(Million Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide)
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End-Use Sector 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 P2002
Residential 950.8 966.7 967.7 1,026.7 1,020.0 1,025.7 1,085.3 1,076.6 1,096.2 1,123.9 1,169.4 1,160.8 1,193.0
Commercial 779.5 781.0 781.1 806.2 819.6 836.7 867.9 911.2 922.4 933.5 1,005.9 1,018.3 1,012.9
Industrial 1,688.8 1,643.9 1,723.5 1,705.1 1,733.5 1,732.0 1,785.2 1,800.4 1,776.0 1,767.0 1,774.1 1,685.3 1,673.7
Transportation 1,569.5 1,549.4 1,570.5 1,590.6 1,631.7 1,661.4 1,705.3 1,722.7 1,757.9 1,806.0 1,849.2 1,827.3 1,849.7
  Total 4,988.6 4,941.0 5,042.7 5,128.6 5,204.7 5,255.8 5,443.7 5,510.9 5,552.5 5,630.5 5,798.6 5,691.7 5,729.3
Electric Power 1,795.5 1,792.2 1,803.7 1,883.6 1,908.9 1,922.9 1,994.0 2,061.7 2,149.6 2,161.9 2,269.2 2,226.6 2,249.0

 

Table 6.  U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Residential Sector Energy Consump tion, 1990-2002
(Million Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide)
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Fuel 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 P2002
Petroleum
  Liquefied Petroleum Gas 22.5 24.0 23.6 24.6 24.4 24.9 29.2 28.4 26.7 32.9 34.8 33.0 34.9
  Distillate Fuel 70.8 67.4 70.9 70.5 69.5 65.5 67.1 63.3 55.9 59.9 65.5 65.8 65.1
  Kerosene 4.6 5.2 4.7 5.4 4.6 5.3 6.4 6.6 7.8 8.0 6.8 6.8 4.1
    Petroleum Subtotal 97.9 96.6 99.2 100.5 98.6 95.8 102.6 98.4 90.4 100.8 107.1 105.6 104.0
Coal 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1
Natural Gas 238.8 248.0 255.2 269.0 263.3 263.0 284.2 270.2 246.5 256.5 270.3 259.5 267.2
Electricitya 611.7 620.0 611.0 654.9 656.1 665.4 696.9 706.5 758.1 765.3 790.8 794.6 820.7
Total 950.8 966.7 967.7 1,026.7 1,020.0 1,025.7 1,085.3 1,076.6 1,096.2 1,123.9 1,169.4 1,160.8 1,193.0

 

Table 8.  U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Industrial Sector Energy Consumption, 1990-2002
(Million Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide)
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Fuel 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 P2002
Petroleum
  Motor Gasoline 13.0 13.6 13.7 12.7 13.6 14.1 14.0 14.9 14.0 10.6 10.5 20.7 21.3
  Liquefied Petroleum Gas 39.8 39.8 46.0 43.9 46.9 46.2 47.3 49.2 40.2 49.2 53.4 46.7 50.4
  Distillate Fuel 83.1 77.8 79.9 80.6 80.2 81.6 85.6 86.7 87.3 85.5 86.5 93.7 92.7
  Residual Fuel 30.3 23.6 27.9 32.7 30.7 24.2 24.1 20.5 15.7 14.0 16.6 13.6 15.1
  Asphalt and Road Oil * * * * * * * * * * * * *
  Lubricants 6.8 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.0 6.4 6.3
  Kerosene 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.6 0.9 1.1 1.7 1.0
  Petroleum Coke 81.2 77.8 92.3 79.6 80.0 79.6 84.0 79.5 97.6 109.0 87.6 97.2 101.2
  Other Petroleum 125.1 114.8 133.0 112.2 122.7 112.0 130.4 135.9 123.6 127.9 115.5 130.0 124.7
    Petroleum Subtotal 380.3 354.3 399.8 368.9 381.9 365.5 393.0 394.7 387.0 404.3 378.2 410.0 412.8
Coal 249.5 234.8 225.7 224.8 226.1 224.3 219.0 215.3 201.2 196.6 199.5 192.7 179.4
Coal Coke Net Imports 0.5 0.9 3.2 2.5 5.4 5.7 3.2 5.3 7.4 6.5 7.1 4.0 5.8
Natural Gas 432.9 439.8 459.9 465.9 464.6 490.5 506.9 507.3 495.0 477.7 483.5 441.5 432.7
Electricitya 625.7 614.1 634.8 643.0 655.5 646.0 663.0 677.9 685.4 682.0 705.8 637.2 643.1
Total 1,688.8 1,643.9 1,723.5 1,705.1 1,733.5 1,732.0 1,785.2 1,800.4 1,776.0 1,767.0 1,774.1 1,685.3 1,673.7

 

Table 9.  U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Transportation Sector Energy Consumption, 1990-2002
(Million Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide)
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Fuel 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 P2002
Petroleum
  Motor Gasoline 955.2 950.4 964.5 986.1 997.8 1,015.5 1,034.0 1,042.5 1,072.9 1,099.9 1,105.9 1,111.2 1,138.7
  Liquefied Petroleum Gas 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 2.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8
  Jet Fuel 220.4 213.0 211.2 213.0 221.6 219.9 229.8 232.1 235.6 242.9 251.2 240.4 234.4
  Distillate Fuel 265.1 260.8 266.8 274.9 292.0 303.8 323.7 338.4 348.4 362.2 374.0 383.2 379.0
  Residual Fuel 79.3 80.0 83.5 70.3 68.8 71.0 66.4 55.5 52.6 51.9 69.2 45.7 49.9
  Lubricants 6.5 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.0 6.0
  Aviation Gasoline 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.3
    Petroleum Subtotal 1,530.9 1,514.0 1,535.8 1,554.1 1,591.0 1,620.1 1,663.3 1,678.4 1,719.5 1,767.1 1,810.2 1,789.7 1,811.2
Coal * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Natural Gas 35.9 32.7 32.1 34.0 37.4 38.2 38.9 41.1 35.1 35.6 35.5 33.9 35.2
Electricitya 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.4
Total 1,569.5 1,549.4 1,570.5 1,590.6 1,631.7 1,661.4 1,705.3 1,722.7 1,757.9 1,806.0 1,849.2 1,827.3 1,849.7

 

Table 10.  U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Electeric Power Sector Energy Consumption, 1990-2002
(Million Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide)
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Generator Type and Fuel 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 P2002
Total Emissions from Fuel Use
Petroleum                          
  Heavy Fuel Oil 89.3 83.8 67.5 74.2 67.1 43.8 48.6 55.4 81.2 74.5 67.5 77.7 51.4
  Light Fuel Oil 7.0 6.1 5.3 6.3 8.7 7.8 7.9 8.0 9.8 10.1 12.6 11.8 7.8
  Petroleum Coke 2.9 2.8 4.3 7.5 6.7 7.8 7.7 9.8 11.8 10.8 9.6 10.0 12.6
    Petroleum Subtotal 99.2 92.6 77.1 88.0 82.8 59.5 64.5 73.3 102.9 95.6 89.9 99.6 72.2
Coal 1,519.4 1,519.1 1,538.8 1,606.5 1,613.8 1,633.8 1,723.5 1,768.3 1,797.5 1,805.2 1,895.7 1,834.9 1,874.7
Natural Gas 176.0 179.4 186.6 187.9 211.1 228.4 204.9 218.9 248.0 259.9 280.7 289.1 299.1
Municipal Solid Waste 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 2.6 2.7 2.7
Geothermal 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Total 1,795.5 1,792.2 1,803.7 1,883.6 1,908.9 1,922.9 1,994.0 2,061.7 2,149.6 2,161.9 2,269.2 2,226.6 2,249.0
Emissions from Fuel Use for Electricity Generation
Petroleum                          
  Heavy Fuel Oil 88.6 83.3 66.9 73.7 66.6 43.2 48.1 54.8 80.9 74.3 67.3 77.6 51.3
  Light Fuel Oil 6.9 6.0 5.3 6.1 8.5 7.6 7.8 7.9 9.8 10.1 12.5 11.5 7.6
  Petroleum Coke 2.9 2.8 4.3 7.4 6.6 7.1 7.2 9.3 11.5 10.4 9.2 9.6 12.2
    Petroleum Subtotal 98.4 92.1 76.5 87.2 81.7 58.0 63.0 72.0 102.1 94.8 89.0 98.7 71.1
Coal 98.4 1,516.7 1,535.5 1,603.1 1,609.5 1,629.3 1,718.6 1,763.8 1,792.7 1,799.3 1,889.7 1,828.9 1,868.6
Natural Gas 170.8 174.0 179.9 180.9 203.4 220.7 197.0 210.2 238.7 250.4 270.4 276.9 286.5
Geothermal 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Total 1,786.8 1,783.0 1,792.1 1,871.3 1,894.7 1,908.1 1,978.8 2,046.0 2,133.6 2,144.6 2,249.2 2,204.6 2,226.2
Emissions from Fuel Use for Thermal Energy Production
Petroleum                          
  Heavy Fuel Oil 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
  Light Fuel Oil 0.1 * 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
  Petroleum Coke * * * 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4
    Petroleum Subtotal 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.4 1.2 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Coal 1.9 2.4 3.3 3.5 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.5 4.8 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.2
Natural Gas 5.2 5.4 6.7 7.0 7.8 7.7 7.9 8.7 9.3 9.5 10.4 12.2 12.6
Total 7.9 8.3 10.5 11.2 12.9 13.7 14.0 14.5 14.8 16.0 17.0 19.0 19.5


Table 11.  U.S. Carbon Sequestered by Nonfuel Use of Energy Fuels, 1990-2002
(Million Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)
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End Use and Type 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 P2002
Industrial                          
  Petroleum                          
    Liquefied Petroleum Gases 59.3 68.0 68.7 66.6 76.6 78.5 81.7 82.7 86.4 89.9 86.4 79.9 83.3
    Distillate Fuel 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
    Residual Fuel 1.9 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
    Asphalt and Road Oil 88.5 81.4 83.3 86.9 88.7 89.1 88.9 92.5 95.5 100.1 96.4 95.0 93.7
    Lubricants 6.9 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.8 7.1 7.2 7.0 6.5 6.4
    Other (Subtotal) 72.1 70.2 74.3 80.8 83.2 83.1 85.2 90.7 92.7 94.9 88.7 83.9 88.1
      Pentanes Plus 4.4 2.4 3.3 14.8 13.8 16.2 16.9 16.0 10.9 14.0 12.7 10.8 9.2
      Petrochemical Feed 46.0 46.3 49.2 49.8 51.7 50.0 50.6 58.4 59.1 55.5 57.7 50.7 54.7
      Petroleum Coke 9.1 7.8 11.8 6.3 7.0 6.8 7.6 6.0 10.9 14.5 7.2 10.6 12.0
      Waxes and Miscellaneous 12.5 13.7 10.1 9.9 10.7 10.1 10.1 10.4 11.8 10.9 11.2 11.8 12.2
  Coal 1.4 1.3 2.8 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8
  Natural Gas 15.0 14.3 12.7 14.2 18.3 17.4 17.3 18.6 21.9 18.5 18.8 17.1 17.3
Transportation                          
  Lubricants 6.5 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.4 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.1 6.0
Total 251.8 250.0 256.7 265.4 284.0 285.3 290.0 302.2 314.7 321.8 308.5 292.8 299.3

 

Table 12.  U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Industrial Processes, 1990-2002
(Million Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)
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Source 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 P2002
Cement Manufacture                          
  Clinker Production 32.6 31.8 32.1 33.9 36.0 36.1 36.3 37.6 38.4 39.2 40.4 40.5 42.3
  Masonry Cement 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
  Cement Kiln Dust 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
    Cement Subtotal 33.3 32.5 32.8 34.7 36.8 36.9 37.2 38.4 39.3 40.1 41.3 41.4 43.3
Other Industrial                          
  Limestone Consumption                          
    Lime Manufacture 12.4 12.3 12.7 13.1 13.7 14.5 15.1 15.5 15.8 15.5 15.4 14.8 14.4
    Iron Smelting 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9
    Steelmaking 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6
    Copper Refining 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
    Glass Manufacture 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
    Flue Gas Desulfurization 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4
    Dolomite Manufacture 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3
      Limestone Subtotal 15.9 15.5 15.7 16.0 16.7 17.8 18.3 18.5 18.9 18.3 18.7 18.4 17.9
  Soda Ash Manufacture 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5
  Soda Ash Consumption                          
    Glass Manufacture 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
    Flue Gas Desulfurization 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
    Sodium Silicate 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
    Sodium Tripolyphosphate 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
      Soda Ash Subtotal 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
  Carbon Dioxide Manufacture 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4
  Aluminum Manufacture 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.4 3.9 4.0
  Shale Oil Production 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    Other Industrial Subtotal 26.8 26.4 26.5 26.3 26.7 28.4 29.0 29.5 30.0 29.3 29.6 27.7 27.4
Total 60.1 58.8 59.3 61.0 63.5 65.3 66.1 67.9 69.3 69.4 70.9 69.2 70.6

 

 

Released: October 2003