TABLE 1
FUEL USE IN U.S. TRANSPORTATION
1997
Fuel Type
Fuel Use (millions of equivalent gallons)
Number of Vehicles
Gasoline
120,100 155,000,000
Diesel
27,800 35,000,000
Propane
245 273,000
Natural Gas
86 82,700
Methanol (M85)
4 19,800
Ethanol (E85) & Biofuels
2 6,200
Battery Electrics
1 3,900
Hydrogen
<1 <20

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