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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 11.4 Nitrous Oxide Emissions, 1980-2009 (Thousand Metric Tons of Nitrous Oxide)
Table 11.4  Nitrous Oxide Emissions, 1980-2009
                     (Thousand Metric Tons of Nitrous Oxide)




Year		 Energy Sources Waste Management Agricultural Sources


Industrial
Processes 3



Total

Mobile
Combustion 1
Stationary
Combustion 2

Total
Waste
Combustion		 Human
Sewage in
Wastewater

Total		 Nitrogen
Fertilization
of Soils		 Crop
Residue
Burning		 Solid Waste
of Domesticated
Animals

Total
1980 60 44 104 1 10 11 364 1 75 440 88 642
1981 63 44 106 1 10 11 364 2 74 440 84 641
1982 67 42 108 1 10 11 339 2 74 414 80 614
1983 71 43 114 1 11 11 337 1 75 413 79 617
1984 86 45 132 1 11 11 355 2 74 431 87 661
1985 98 46 143 1 11 12 344 2 73 419 88 662
1986 107 45 152 1 11 12 329 2 71 402 86 652
1987 120 46 166 1 12 13 328 1 71 400 90 669
1988 138 48 185 1 12 13 329 1 71 401 95 694
1989 146 49 195 1 12 13 336 1 70 407 98 713
1990 88 47 135 1 12 13 432 1 66 499 96 743
1991 93 46 139 1 13 14 429 1 66 497 98 748
1992 96 47 143 1 13 14 445 2 66 512 95 764
1993 100 48 148 1 13 14 439 1 68 508 100 770
1994 104 48 152 1 13 15 462 2 68 532 110 808
1995 125 49 174 1 13 15 423 1 69 494 110 793
1996 129 51 180 1 14 15 418 2 68 487 115 797
1997 126 51 178 1 14 15 417 2 69 487 72 752
1998 128 51 179 1 14 15 422 2 69 493 57 744
1999 124 51 175 1 15 16 421 2 69 492 56 738
2000 122 53 175 1 15 16 412 2 70 484 56 731
2001 117 51 168 1 15 16 405 2 71 477 46 708
2002 115 51 166 1 15 16 403 2 70 474 50 706
2003 114 51 165 1 15 16 414 2 69 485 45 711
2004 114 52 167 1 15 17 446 2 69 517 45 745
2005 109 53 162 1 16 17 455 2 70 526 45 750
2006 107 52 159 1 16 17 457 2 71 530 46 751
2007 106 52 159 1 16 17 471 2 71 544 47 767
2008 101 51 151 1 16 17 468 2 71 541 41 750
2009 97 46 143 1 16 18 468 2 70 540 36 737
1Emissions from passenger cars and trucks; air, rail, and marine transportation; and farm and
construction equipment.		 Notes:  ·  Data for this table are not available for 2010.  ·  Emissions are from anthropogenic sources. 
"Anthropogenic" means produced as the result of human activities, including emissions from agricultural
activity and domestic livestock.  Emissions from natural sources, such as wetlands and wild animals, are
not included.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
2Consumption of coal, petroleum, natural gas, and wood for heat or electricity. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/environment/.
3Adipic acid production (primarily for the manufacture of nylon fibers and plastics), and nitric acid
production (primarily for fertilizers).		 Sources:  U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United
States 2009 (March 2011), Table 22; and EIA estimates based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change's Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (2006 and revised 1996 guidelines)—see
http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gl/invs6.html; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2008 (April 2010)—see
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html.
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