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Table CO2.T5. Transportation sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, California (thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))
Table CO2.T5. Transportation sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, California
(thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))



Year



Coal a


Natural
gas b
Petroleum c


Total
Aviation
gasoline
Distillate
fuel oil

HGL d
Jet
fuel

Lubricants
Motor
gasoline
Residual
fuel oil

Total
1960 56 581 1,879 6,597 52 10,005 523 49,662 18,228 86,945 87,581
1961 24 643 1,200 6,817 43 10,910 509 51,783 20,653 91,915 92,582
1962 14 867 1,726 7,949 51 12,399 504 53,934 16,590 93,154 94,035
1963 16 769 1,524 8,671 53 13,097 504 57,610 14,411 95,871 96,655
1964 18 942 1,346 8,951 48 14,197 530 59,671 15,723 100,465 101,425
1965 19 890 1,167 9,061 50 15,806 623 62,221 16,575 105,503 106,412
1966 14 1,702 1,113 9,542 42 17,394 647 65,407 17,525 111,671 113,387
1967 12 1,047 989 9,927 54 20,799 597 67,432 17,189 116,987 118,045
1968 11 956 994 11,482 58 23,942 655 72,033 16,821 125,986 126,952
1969 9 979 823 12,546 54 24,263 542 75,350 16,092 129,669 130,656
1970 8 947 762 12,686 74 23,683 552 78,790 13,211 129,758 130,713
1971 6 1,044 711 15,398 90 24,921 561 80,872 12,579 135,131 136,181
1972 4 1,043 724 14,067 102 25,210 601 85,970 9,852 136,526 137,573
1973 4 1,099 712 15,412 91 24,995 574 88,931 9,630 140,344 141,447
1974 3 1,061 691 13,683 96 23,952 549 86,990 8,114 134,075 135,139
1975 1 1,135 573 13,151 94 24,908 536 89,228 9,469 137,959 139,095
1976 (s) 886 548 14,186 106 24,199 595 93,178 13,455 146,267 147,154
1977 (s) 830 575 15,745 116 24,435 629 98,225 16,943 156,669 157,498
1978 820 612 17,990 140 25,289 676 102,501 21,587 168,794 169,614
1979 993 587 17,842 190 25,906 707 99,424 22,588 167,244 168,238
1980 844 100 18,008 126 24,802 630 93,550 31,477 168,692 169,536
1981 835 46 19,356 261 23,563 604 93,494 29,955 167,280 168,115
1982 717 400 18,001 237 22,528 551 92,466 24,599 158,782 159,499
1983 564 407 18,863 280 22,867 577 94,756 22,788 160,539 161,103
1984 626 366 20,216 415 26,568 615 97,927 22,957 169,063 169,689
1985 793 473 21,493 296 26,734 573 98,204 20,461 168,235 169,028
1986 678 467 22,878 225 30,026 560 102,728 17,331 174,214 174,893
1987 1,031 378 20,023 203 31,923 634 107,401 22,563 183,123 184,154
1988 1,047 458 25,742 218 33,018 611 111,792 22,122 193,961 195,008
1989 1,058 455 25,331 214 36,119 627 114,423 23,001 200,169 201,227
1990 1,102 386 23,951 223 38,033 645 112,549 25,591 201,377 202,479
1991 1,007 381 24,051 183 36,143 577 110,001 19,766 191,103 192,110
1992 827 370 23,214 157 34,805 588 116,696 15,071 190,901 191,728
1993 680 286 21,217 159 35,847 599 113,577 15,298 186,982 187,662
1994 688 277 23,994 243 39,742 626 112,568 17,816 195,266 195,953
1995 1,061 282 24,939 136 38,318 615 114,043 20,793 199,127 200,188
1996 1,064 268 25,378 116 42,501 597 116,048 18,404 203,313 204,377
1997 1,296 292 26,970 84 42,262 631 117,614 10,043 197,896 199,193
1998 576 200 26,921 162 43,202 660 120,235 8,070 199,450 200,025
1999 616 288 27,881 93 40,413 667 123,344 10,964 203,650 204,265
2000 612 253 30,682 82 42,186 657 126,104 15,835 215,798 216,410
2001 734 187 30,918 94 39,816 602 127,520 11,622 210,760 211,493
2002 671 209 31,440 121 42,085 595 133,891 14,415 222,757 223,428
2003 654 210 30,258 123 40,842 550 131,882 11,028 214,893 215,546
2004 910 193 33,826 116 43,171 557 131,937 13,111 222,912 223,822
2005 1,095 185 35,332 203 42,845 554 132,614 16,016 227,749 228,844
2006 917 161 36,167 210 43,579 540 134,168 17,758 232,582 233,499
2007 1,092 154 36,704 184 45,377 558 132,908 18,720 234,605 235,697
2008 1,060 142 31,977 319 41,299 518 124,613 18,983 217,850 218,910
2009 1,046 100 31,406 245 40,131 466 122,128 18,185 212,661 213,706
2010 1,264 122 31,835 28 31,555 572 116,877 18,838 199,827 [R ] 201,091 [R ]
2011 1,349 132 32,330 28 31,426 536 113,580 14,033 192,066 [R ] 193,416 [R ]
2012 1,493 132 30,982 36 31,584 489 112,249 12,544 188,016 [R ] 189,509 [R ]
2013 1,338 119 29,531 49 32,359 511 113,017 9,323 184,910 [R ] 186,248 [R ]
2014 2,100 164 31,289 51 33,036 523 113,711 6,346 185,120 [R ] 187,220 [R ]
2015 1,949 174 30,555 69 35,603 577 113,382 8,738 189,098 [R ] 191,046
2016 2,257 157 30,059 83 38,535 539 115,664 10,924 195,961 [R ] 198,218 [R ]
2017 2,430 142 31,426 66 40,970 501 116,271 12,378 201,754 [R ] 204,184 [R ]
2018 2,402 154 32,583 70 41,795 482 115,793 12,679 203,555 [R ] 205,956 [R ]
2019 2,659 174 32,106 60 42,578 472 113,796 13,842 203,027 205,686 [R ]
2020 2,315 133 29,541 35 24,537 388 90,433 9,463 154,530 [R ] 156,845 [R ]
2021 2,567 136 32,074 32 28,964 423 100,125 13,336 175,090 [R ] 177,657 [R ]
2022 2,701 141 31,888 44 33,978 437 98,894 13,666 179,049 181,750
2023 3,003 134 31,282 43 36,817 316 98,119 11,344 178,056 [R ] 181,059 [R ]
2024 2,854 144 29,705 48 38,292 298 97,474 12,280 178,241 181,095

Footnotes:

a Beginning in 1978, consumption data not collected and assumed to be zero.

b Transportation use of natural gas to operate pipelines and as vehicle fuel. Excludes supplemental gaseous fuels.

c Excludes biofuels.

d Hydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only.

— = No consumption. Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Value less than 0.5.

Notes: · Data are carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions estimates from fossil fuels primary energy consumption, excluding renewable energy. The state data do not account for interstate flow of electricity and represent CO2 emissions in the state where fossil fuels are burned to generate electricity, although the electricity might be sold to ultimate customers in other states and sectors. · Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The 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.

Web page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See technical notes. https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/