Energy Expenditures in Nebraska's Transportation Sector
The transportation sector consists of private and public vehicles that move people and commodities. Included are automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, railroads, aircraft, ships, barges, and natural gas pipelines. Natural gas use reflects the fuel needed to move natural gas through a pipeline to end users in the residential, commercial, industrial, and electric power sectors. Since 1990, natural gas consumption also includes natural gas consumed as vehicle fuel.
Total transportation sector expenditures on energy increased 28 percent to $3,862.4 million ($3.9 billion) from 2009 to 2010. In 2010, the transportation sector spent $2,187.3 million ($2.2 billion) for motor gasoline, $1,384.2 million ($1.4 billion) for diesel fuel, $110.5 million for fuel ethanol, $91.2 million for lubricants, $78.5 million for jet fuel, $6.0 million for aviation gasoline, $4.5 million for propane, and $0.2 million for natural gas. In 2010, if there were any expenditures on coal, electricity, or residual fuel in the transportation sector, the amounts were so small that the numbers rounded to zero in this table.
Motor gasoline (57 percent) and diesel fuel (36 percent) expenditures comprised almost all of the money spent in the transportation sector on energy in 2010. Expenditures on fuel ethanol were 2.9 percent of the total, lubricants were 2.4 percent, and jet fuel were 2 percent, while each of the other fuels' expenditures was less than 1 percent.
The expenditures are in nominal dollars to provide
a better comparison.
| Year | Coal | Electricity | Natural Gas |
Petroleum | Renewable | Annual Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aviation Gasoline |
Diesel Fuel |
Jet Fuel |
Lubricants | Motor Gasoline |
Propane | Residual Fuel |
Fuel Ethanol |
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| 1970 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $2.2 | $24.4 | $7.3 | $9.8 | $271.7 | $0.9 | $0.7 | $0.0 | $317.0 |
| 1971 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $2.2 | $25.5 | $7.8 | $10.1 | $277.6 | $1.1 | $0.6 | $0.0 | $324.9 |
| 1972 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $1.0 | $32.5 | $7.4 | $11.5 | $299.9 | $1.0 | $0.8 | $0.0 | $354.1 |
| 1973 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $2.0 | $45.5 | $8.5 | $11.1 | $338.9 | $1.1 | $0.7 | $0.0 | $407.9 |
| 1974 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $2.8 | $70.3 | $15.8 | $14.4 | $418.7 | $2.2 | $1.8 | $0.0 | $526.1 |
| 1975 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $2.5 | $67.2 | $19.3 | $13.6 | $472.2 | $2.1 | $1.5 | $0.0 | $578.3 |
| 1976 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $2.5 | $84.4 | $21.1 | $14.2 | $527.0 | $2.7 | $0.4 | $0.0 | $652.3 |
| 1977 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $3.7 | $116.8 | $26.2 | $14.7 | $557.4 | $2.6 | $0.3 | $0.0 | $721.6 |
| 1978 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $4.5 | $136.9 | $31.9 | $17.2 | $587.5 | $3.1 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $781.1 |
| 1979 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $5.2 | $177.9 | $42.3 | $24.2 | $730.4 | $2.2 | $0.2 | $0.0 | $982.3 |
| 1980 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $9.7 | $210.2 | $56.2 | $30.3 | $923.3 | $3.3 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $1,233.0 |
| 1981 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $11.7 | $211.5 | $60.9 | $36.4 | $1,001.7 | $4.0 | $0.1 | $3.1 | $1,332.5 |
| 1982 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $6.8 | $234.3 | $57.2 | $31.8 | $944.9 | $3.4 | $0.0 | $7.3 | $1,292.9 |
| 1983 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $6.3 | $277.2 | $53.9 | $32.8 | $829.8 | $4.5 | $0.0 | $13.2 | $1,230.9 |
| 1984 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $5.5 | $256.0 | $49.3 | $36.3 | $829.0 | $1.5 | $0.0 | $14.6 | $1,206.8 |
| 1985 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $4.9 | $261.0 | $45.9 | $33.8 | $808.7 | $1.9 | $0.0 | $13.9 | $1,184.1 |
| 1986 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $5.0 | $270.5 | $32.8 | $29.3 | $617.5 | $1.5 | $0.0 | $11.0 | $978.5 |
| 1987 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $3.4 | $314.5 | $32.9 | $28.8 | $642.4 | $1.9 | $0.0 | $14.3 | $1,052.5 |
| 1988 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $3.6 | $337.4 | $34.2 | $29.9 | $645.3 | $1.9 | $0.0 | $14.7 | $1,081.0 |
| 1989 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $3.9 | $328.6 | $37.1 | $30.4 | $740.8 | $2.4 | $0.0 | $21.4 | $1,185.0 |
| 1990 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $3.9 | $379.8 | $50.0 | $31.5 | $843.0 | $2.8 | $0.0 | $22.0 | $1,355.0 |
| 1991 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $3.7 | $388.2 | $33.1 | $32.5 | $804.6 | $3.0 | $0.0 | $25.8 | $1,316.7 |
| 1992 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.1 | $3.5 | $407.4 | $30.7 | $36.1 | $784.2 | $2.1 | $0.0 | $29.6 | $1,323.2 |
| 1993 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.1 | $3.0 | $405.2 | $27.8 | $38.0 | $801.0 | $1.9 | $0.0 | $24.4 | $1,301.5 |
| 1994 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.1 | $3.0 | $416.6 | $28.1 | $40.1 | $816.3 | $3.6 | $0.0 | $16.7 | $1,324.5 |
| 1995 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.1 | $3.2 | $444.0 | $22.7 | $40.0 | $870.6 | $1.0 | $0.0 | $19.9 | $1,401.5 |
| 1996 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.2 | $3.5 | $605.0 | $27.9 | $40.2 | $962.2 | $1.1 | $0.0 | $14.0 | $1,654.0 |
| 1997 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.9 | $4.2 | $584.5 | $28.0 | $38.0 | $938.0 | $3.4 | $0.0 | $15.3 | $1,612.3 |
| 1998 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.1 | $2.6 | $556.7 | $21.4 | $42.2 | $808.1 | $1.0 | $0.0 | $13.6 | $1,445.7 |
| 1999 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.1 | $3.2 | $600.4 | $36.2 | $37.4 | $881.7 | $0.7 | $0.0 | $17.2 | $1,577.0 |
| 2000 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.2 | $3.5 | $624.8 | $47.2 | $39.6 | $1,197.9 | $1.6 | $0.0 | $31.7 | $1,946.4 |
| 2001 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.3 | $4.8 | $511.6 | $37.5 | $38.3 | $1,136.5 | $2.1 | $0.0 | $25.0 | $1,756.0 |
| 2002 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.2 | $5.0 | $481.1 | $47.1 | $43.3 | $1,086.7 | $2.5 | $0.0 | $29.7 | $1,695.6 |
| 2003 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.3 | $5.1 | $588.3 | $45.0 | $48.9 | $1,204.7 | $2.8 | $0.0 | $36.4 | $1,931.5 |
| 2004 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.4 | $4.3 | $794.9 | $45.7 | $54.8 | $1,425.3 | $4.0 | $0.0 | $40.3 | $2,369.7 |
| 2005 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.2 | $7.7 | $1,076.4 | $69.9 | $71.3 | $1,732.4 | $1.9 | $0.0 | $25.3 | $2,985.1 |
| 2006 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.2 | $9.0 | $1,252.0 | $88.4 | $83.4 | $1,969.0 | $3.1 | $0.0 | $28.3 | $3,433.4 |
| 2007 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.2 | $9.5 | $1,326.3 | $87.8 | $89.9 | $2,247.7 | $3.8 | $0.0 | $58.3 | $3,823.6 |
| 2008 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.3 | $9.1 | $1,615.0 | $113.6 | $90.5 | $2,441.4 | $3.3 | $0.0 | $115.6 | $4,388.7 |
| 2009 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.2 | $6.5 | $1,011.8 | $48.2 | $74.3 | $1,785.5 | $2.0 | $0.0 | $83.9 | $3,012.5 |
| 2010 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.2 | $6.0 | $1,384.2 | $78.5 | $91.2 | $2,187.3 | $4.5 | $0.0 | $110.5 | $3,862.4 |
Sources: State Energy Price and Expenditure Report. Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.
Notes: Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to independent rounding. Denaturant is excluded from fuel ethanol.
The table and graph were updated on January 30, 2013. Typically, there are one to two years between updates.