Abstract
Transportation accounts for a large fraction of total energy consumed in the United States. If one considers only the energy consumed as fuel in transportation vehicles, that use amounts to 25 percent of total energy consumption. If one includes the energy consumed in the manufacture of transportation vehicles, sales, and any additional energy expenditures directly involved with transportation vehicles, the total fraction required to provide for the transportation of the country is about 40 percent of total energy consumption.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2000 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Wiser, W.H. (2000). Energy Use in Transportation. In: Energy Resources. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1226-3_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1226-3_14
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4612-7050-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-4612-1226-3
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive