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Table CO2.T5. Transportation sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, North Carolina (thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))
Table CO2.T5. Transportation sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, North Carolina
(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 100 134 242 1,373 1 1,298 122 12,935 233 16,204 16,438
1961 28 217 1,314 2 1,326 119 13,751 514 17,243 17,271
1962 24 190 259 1,437 3 1,474 122 13,933 237 17,463 17,677
1963 23 210 237 1,815 3 1,550 122 14,585 187 18,499 18,733
1964 22 228 258 1,979 3 1,590 128 14,996 206 19,160 19,410
1965 20 234 249 1,920 4 1,402 130 15,542 274 19,522 19,776
1966 19 222 121 2,114 5 1,498 135 16,469 334 20,676 20,918
1967 15 237 106 2,052 6 1,733 109 17,297 234 21,536 21,789
1968 13 263 103 2,340 8 2,030 120 18,300 137 23,038 23,313
1969 8 316 100 2,524 11 1,919 115 19,513 164 24,347 24,672
1970 8 334 53 2,715 16 1,831 118 20,569 163 25,463 25,805
1971 5 339 70 2,655 19 1,844 119 21,445 73 26,225 26,569
1972 3 329 85 2,822 24 1,608 127 23,230 62 27,958 28,290
1973 2 326 100 3,891 27 1,522 129 24,178 85 29,931 30,259
1974 2 244 83 3,861 28 1,517 124 24,354 90 30,057 30,303
1975 1 191 76 3,536 26 1,481 112 24,590 124 29,945 30,137
1976 (s) 150 54 3,864 29 1,446 124 25,753 97 31,368 31,518
1977 (s) 119 79 4,313 33 1,594 142 26,659 56 32,876 32,995
1978 141 89 4,496 38 1,694 153 27,739 41 34,250 34,391
1979 272 83 5,639 18 1,693 160 26,246 61 33,900 34,172
1980 315 75 4,613 12 2,040 143 24,283 47 31,212 31,527
1981 337 94 4,565 34 2,090 137 24,398 199 31,516 31,853
1982 364 64 4,688 35 2,262 125 24,213 113 31,500 31,864
1983 317 66 5,478 41 2,531 131 24,744 20 33,010 33,327
1984 308 58 5,700 50 2,525 139 25,237 20 33,730 34,039
1985 260 61 5,956 44 2,634 130 25,956 46 34,826 35,086
1986 276 79 6,496 41 2,824 127 27,134 61 36,762 37,038
1987 282 76 6,773 30 3,072 143 28,118 306 38,519 38,801
1988 284 82 8,037 36 3,299 138 28,993 196 40,781 41,065
1989 311 81 6,649 37 3,046 142 28,582 313 38,850 39,160
1990 344 74 6,808 39 2,192 146 28,404 242 37,906 38,250
1991 339 59 6,752 45 1,728 131 28,386 350 37,451 37,791
1992 353 54 7,240 35 1,846 133 28,550 308 38,165 38,519
1993 327 41 7,294 37 1,934 136 29,927 199 39,568 39,895
1994 317 47 8,264 67 1,740 142 30,454 99 40,814 41,131
1995 335 49 8,546 34 1,989 139 31,535 141 42,433 42,768
1996 407 52 8,841 32 3,738 135 31,912 155 44,864 45,271
1997 402 56 9,430 29 2,931 143 32,955 131 45,674 46,076
1998 370 48 9,571 51 2,769 149 34,096 70 46,754 47,124
1999 362 65 9,311 17 2,786 151 35,341 62 47,733 48,095
2000 395 49 10,841 24 2,981 149 35,673 60 49,776 50,171
2001 366 53 10,785 14 2,478 136 35,255 49 48,770 49,136
2002 335 32 10,887 32 1,976 135 35,933 377 49,372 49,707
2003 341 49 11,223 33 2,149 125 36,779 369 50,727 51,068
2004 278 38 12,164 33 2,211 126 37,215 189 51,976 52,254
2005 238 45 12,047 301 3,017 125 37,379 199 53,113 53,351
2006 257 37 12,026 283 2,180 122 37,875 91 52,615 52,872
2007 274 34 11,836 217 2,933 126 38,549 278 53,973 54,247
2008 291 41 10,111 369 2,140 117 38,784 345 51,906 52,197
2009 432 24 10,421 274 759 105 35,426 327 47,336 47,768
2010 433 55 10,817 14 5,036 160 35,446 184 51,712 [R ] 52,145 [R ]
2011 396 51 10,530 14 5,062 152 34,241 138 50,189 50,585
2012 294 49 9,775 13 5,218 135 33,438 2 48,631 [R ] 48,925 [R ]
2013 220 43 10,230 16 5,595 145 33,927 49,956 50,177
2014 218 29 10,805 14 5,828 151 34,040 (s) 50,867 51,085
2015 245 31 10,887 18 5,821 167 34,928 4 51,856 52,102 [R ]
2016 153 32 10,770 24 6,041 161 36,134 10 53,173 53,326 [R ]
2017 181 34 10,983 6 6,403 149 36,158 13 53,746 [R ] 53,926 [R ]
2018 233 36 11,830 10 6,431 145 36,046 13 54,511 [R ] 54,744 [R ]
2019 230 38 11,961 8 6,666 141 36,864 20 55,698 [R ] 55,928 [R ]
2020 264 36 11,823 10 4,693 128 32,759 (s) 49,450 49,714 [R ]
2021 261 41 11,880 8 5,877 135 36,265 16 54,222 [R ] 54,483
2022 413 42 11,642 16 5,996 142 36,218 16 54,073 [R ] 54,486 [R ]
2023 295 40 11,110 18 6,677 104 37,523 13 55,485 [R ] 55,780 [R ]
2024 251 43 10,948 19 7,136 104 39,728 15 57,993 58,244

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/