Transportation Energy Use Per Dollar of GDP - March 2002

Change in Real GDP (from previous quarter) Source:Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review , July 2000. Available at: www.eia.do US GDP numbers are from Charlie Han DATE UPDATED: 8/23/2000 Unit of Measurement: Thousand BTU per Dollar of GDP Transportation Energy Consumption Billion Transportation (Quadrillion Chained Energy Use Date BTU) 1996 $ Per $ GDP Trend 5.466 6,716.30 3255 Q1 90 5.669 6,731.70 3369 Q2 90 5.773 6,719.40 3437 Q3 90 5.631 6,664.20 3380 Q4 90 5.298 6,631.40 3196 Q1 91 5.538 6,668.50 3322 3308.213799 Q2 91 5.718 6,684.90 3421 3301.424623 Q3 91 5.573 6,720.90 3317 3308.964541 Q4 91 5.415 6,783.30 3193 3282.786572 Q1 92 5.616 6,846.80 3281 3294.200258 Q2 92 3343 3276.874168 Q3 92 5.767 6,899.70 3245 3252.131199 Q4 92 5.672 6,990.60 3103 3224.425471 Q1 93 5.422 6,988.70 3272 3209.979875 Q2 93 5.751 7,031.20 3356 3226.410522 Q3 93 5.925 7,062.00 3234 3234.604568 Q4 93 5.795 7,168.70 3096 3217.078799 Q1 94 5.596 7,229.40 3229 3208.314998 Q2 94 5.918 7,330.20 3291 3203.786306 Q3 94 6.063 7,370.20 3185 3188.644689 Q4 94 5.941 7,461.10 3062 3170.902491 Q1 95 5.733 7,488.70 3206 3167.812988 Q2 95 6.014 7,503.30 3255 3170.391574 Q3 95 6.153 7,561.40 3186 3154.784665 Q4 95 6.072 7,621.90 Q1 96 3083 3156.153705 5.916 7,676.40 Q2 96 3147 3147.198444 6.140 7,802.90 Q3 96 3203 3129.099928 6.278 7,841.90 Q4 96 3119 3108.314511 6.184 7,931.30 Q1 97 2925 3097.496341 5.862 8,016.40 Q2 97 3076 3063.128238 6.253 8,131.90 Q3 97 3129 3050.687255 6.427 8,216.60 Q4 97 3034 3031.465399 6.276 8,272.90 2843 3014.442445 Q1 98 5.973 8,404.90 3015 2981.160389 Q2 98 6.381 8,465.60 3078 2977.165777 Q3 98 6.571 8,537.60 2970 2968.000589 Q4 98 6.427 8,654.50 2855 Q1 99 6.230 8,730.00 2949.77484 3018 2954.785857 Q2 99 6.628 8,783.20 3033 2965.262733 Q3 99 6.753 8,905.80 2948 2941.141197 Q4 99 6.694 9,084.10 2743 2926.807515 Q1 00 6.303 9,191.80 2878 2889.139439 Q2 00 6.704 9,318.90 Q3 00 Q4 00 Q1 01 Q2 01 Q3 01 Q4 01 Q1 02 Q2 02 6.949 6.714 6.512 7 7.024 9,369.50 9,393.70 9,422.80 9,351.60 9,316.80 2967 2859 2764 2994 3016 2860.952218 2853.538754 2836.725682 2852.668847 2962.488496 uly 2000. Available at: www.eia.doe.gov TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE PER DOLLAR OF GDP Transportation Energy Use Per Dollar of GDP (quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted) BTU Per Chained 1996 Dollar of GDP 3,500 3,300 Underlying trend 3,100 2,900 2,700 2,500 Q1 92 BTU - British Thermal Unit Q1 94 Q1 96 Q1 98 Q1 00 Q1 02 The average heat content of motor gasoline is 129,024 BTU per gallon. One quadrillion BTU is equivalent to 7.75 billion gallon This indicator shows the level of energy use for transportation with respect to production of GDP and the levels of personal con Transportation Energy Use Per $ of GDP Thousand BTU per Dollar of GDP Percent change from same quarter previous year NOTE: The current value is compared to the value fromconsumption. The trend has been calculated through a statistical procedure called A trendline has been provided for transportation energy the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality. Structural Modeling, in which the time series under study is decomposed into seasonal, trend and irregular components. For further informa SOURCE: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review , available at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/me ally adjusted) s equivalent to 7.75 billion gallons of motor gasoline. P and the levels of personal consumption in the United States over time. Transportation energy use reflects the seasonality of personal trav Q3 00 Q3 01 2,967 3,016 -2.19 1.65 t for seasonality. rough a statistical procedure called lar components. For further information ailable at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/mer.