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mileage of freight mode by fuel

The mileage that a given freight transportation mode can travel per unit of a given fuel.

Used to calculate:fossil fuels consumed and biomass fuels consumed

Varies by: freightmode and fuel

Used freightmode fuel Reference Location: Ecosystem
(study period)		 Value Units Notes
* airplane Biodiesel Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* airplane Coal Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / short ton
* airplane Diesel / light fuel oil Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon diesel
* airplane Electricity Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* airplane Ethanol Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* airplane Gas-electric hybrid Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* airplane Gasoline Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* airplane Geothermal Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* airplane Hydroelectric Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* airplane Hydrogen National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles / kg We converted the units to miles / kg.
* airplane Jet fuel National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0.4 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent Based on a study of fuel consumption of a Boeing aircraft.
* airplane Kerosene Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* airplane Municipal solid waste Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / short ton
* airplane Muscle Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / cc
* airplane Natural gas Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* airplane Natural gas compressed (CNG) Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* airplane Natural gas liquefied (LNG) Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* airplane Nuclear material Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / gram
* airplane Propane / LPG Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* airplane Residual fuel oil Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon
* airplane Solar Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* airplane Steam Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* airplane Wind Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* airplane Wood and other biomass Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kg biomass
* barge Biodiesel Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* barge Coal Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / short ton
* barge Diesel / light fuel oil Baumel et al. 2008 Estimates of Total Fuel Consumption in Transporting Grain from Iowa ... Iowa: Various transport modes (2008) 0.5 miles per gallon See discussion under mileage of freight mode by fuel for residual fuel oil consumption for barges
* barge Electricity Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* barge Ethanol Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* barge Gas-electric hybrid Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* barge Gasoline Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* barge Geothermal Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* barge Hydroelectric Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* barge Hydrogen Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kg
* barge Jet fuel Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* barge Kerosene Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* barge Municipal solid waste Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / short ton
* barge Muscle Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / cc
* barge Natural gas Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* barge Natural gas compressed (CNG) Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* barge Natural gas liquefied (LNG) Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* barge Nuclear material Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / gram
* barge Propane / LPG Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* barge Residual fuel oil Baumel et al. 2008 Estimates of Total Fuel Consumption in Transporting Grain from Iowa ... Iowa: Various transport modes (2008) 0.5 miles per gallon "On the Upper Mississippi River, southbound tows achieved 953 net ton-miles per gallon with all barges loaded while the northbound tows achieved only 243 net ton-miles per gallon with a 37.7 percent backhaul." If we assume 1500 ton loading, then downstream they make 0.635 miles per gallon, and upstream 0.430 miles per gallon upstream.
* barge Solar Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* barge Steam Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* barge Wind Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* barge Wood and other biomass Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kg biomass
* bicycle Biodiesel Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* bicycle Coal Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / short ton
* bicycle Diesel / light fuel oil Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon diesel
* bicycle Electricity Muetze & Tan 2007 Electric bicycles - a performance evaluation Global: Bike Lanes () 83.33 miles / kWh For a 75 kg rider with a 20 kg to travel 10 mph, an electric bike would use energy at a rate of 120 W. Traveling 1 mile at 10 mph, then would use 120 J/sec * 360 sec = 43,200 J, equivalent to 0.012 kWh / mile. Inverting that results in 83.33 miles / kWh.
* bicycle Ethanol Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* bicycle Gas-electric hybrid Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* bicycle Gasoline Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* bicycle Geothermal Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* bicycle Hydroelectric Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* bicycle Hydrogen Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kg
* bicycle Jet fuel Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* bicycle Kerosene Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* bicycle Municipal solid waste Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / short ton
* bicycle Muscle Sanderson 2013 Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs USA: US Towns and Cities () 4.12 miles / kWh Estimated at 14.6 "minutes of microwaving" per passenger to travel 1 mile at 10 mph. 60 "minutes of microwaving" = 1 kWh.
* bicycle Natural gas Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* bicycle Natural gas compressed (CNG) Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* bicycle Natural gas liquefied (LNG) Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* bicycle Nuclear material Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / gram
* bicycle Propane / LPG Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* bicycle Residual fuel oil Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon
* bicycle Solar Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* bicycle Steam Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* bicycle Wind Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* bicycle Wood and other biomass Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kg biomass
* pipeline Biodiesel National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles per gallon
* pipeline Coal National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles / short ton
* pipeline Diesel / light fuel oil US BLM and State of Alaska 2002 Trans-Alaska Pipeline Renewal EIS Alaska: Pipeline (1990s-early 2000s) 6285.71 miles per gallon diesel Reports "turbine fuel" for electricity generation consumption at 4.6x10e7 gallons to move 4.4x10e8 barrels of crude oil in one year along the 800 miles of the trans-Alaska pipeline, which works out to 6284.71 gal-miles / gallon of diesel
* pipeline Electricity US BLM and State of Alaska 2002 Trans-Alaska Pipeline Renewal EIS Alaska: Pipeline (1990s-early 2000s) 662.35 miles / kWh The trans-Alaska pipeline moved 4.4x10e8 barrels of oil a distance of 800 miles in 1999, using 4.60x10e7 gallons of turbine fuel to generate electricity. If turbine fuel has the same energy density as diesel (37.95 kWh/gal), and that diesel was turned into electricity with an efficiency of 25%, then that works out to 662.35 gallon-miles / kWh of energy.
pipeline Electricity van Essen et al. 2003 Pipeline transport emissions ... in the EU Rotterdam-Antwerp-Cologne pipeline: Pipelines (early 2000s) 0.0299 km / MWh van Essen et al. (2003) estimate that 272 km of pipeline would require 9,112 MWh of energy to move 2,200,000 tons of ethylene and propylene per year
pipeline Electricity van Essen et al. 2003 Pipeline transport emissions ... in the EU Fife-Teeside-Antwerp Pipeline: Pipelines (early 2000s) 0.135 km / MWh van Essen et al. (2003) estimate that 1522 km of pipeline would require 11,272 MWh of electricity to move 1,220,000 tons of ethylene and propylene per year
* pipeline Ethanol National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles per gallon
* pipeline Gas-electric hybrid National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles per gallon
* pipeline Gasoline National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles per gallon
* pipeline Geothermal Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* pipeline Hydroelectric Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* pipeline Hydrogen National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles / kg We converted the units to miles / kg.
* pipeline Jet fuel National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles per gallon
* pipeline Kerosene Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* pipeline Municipal solid waste Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / short ton
* pipeline Muscle Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / cc
* pipeline Natural gas US BLM and State of Alaska 2002 Trans-Alaska Pipeline Renewal EIS Alaska: Pipeline (1990s-early 2000s) 45257.49 miles / tcf The trans-Alaska pipeline used 7.776x10e9 standard cubic feet of natural gas to move 4.4x10e8 barrels of oil 800 miles in 1999, which is the same as saying that the oil moved 45,267.49 gallon-miles per thousand cubic feet of natural gas applied.
* pipeline Natural gas compressed (CNG) INGAA 2012- Compressor Stations US: natural gas pipeline () 0 miles / tcf
* pipeline Natural gas liquefied (LNG) INGAA 2012- Compressor Stations US: natural gas pipeline () 0 miles / tcf We converted the units to miles / tcf.
* pipeline Nuclear material Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / gram
* pipeline Propane / LPG National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles per gallon
* pipeline Residual fuel oil National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles per gallon
* pipeline Solar Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* pipeline Steam Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* pipeline Wind Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* pipeline Wood and other biomass Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kg biomass
* train Biodiesel Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* train Coal Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / short ton
* train Diesel / light fuel oil National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0.14 miles per gallon diesel
* train Electricity Federal Railroad Administration 2009- Comparative Evaluation of Rail and Truck Fuel Efficiency on Competitive Corridors US: all (1991-2009) 382.5 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent This value represents the ton-miles/gallon fuel economy of a mixed-load diesel electric freight train.
* train Ethanol Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* train Gas-electric hybrid Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* train Gasoline Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon
* train Geothermal Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* train Hydroelectric Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* train Hydrogen Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kg
* train Jet fuel Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* train Kerosene Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* train Municipal solid waste Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / short ton
* train Muscle Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / cc
* train Natural gas Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* train Natural gas compressed (CNG) Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* train Natural gas liquefied (LNG) Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* train Nuclear material Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / gram
* train Propane / LPG Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* train Residual fuel oil Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon
* train Solar Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* train Steam Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* train Wind Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* train Wood and other biomass Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kg biomass
* truck Biodiesel McCormick et. al. 2006 - Effects of Biodiesel Blends on Vehicle Emissions U.S.: All () 3.44 miles per gallon This value is the fuel economy (mpg) of Freightline Class 8 propelled by B20/Agland biodiesel (95% conf) on a city- suburban heavy vehicle route.
truck Biodiesel McCormick et. al. 2006 - Effects of Biodiesel Blends on Vehicle Emissions U.S.: All () 5.81 miles per gallon This value is the fuel economy (mpg) of the 2007 Freightliner Class 8 propelled by B20 (95%) on the freeway cycle.
* truck Coal Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / short ton
* truck Diesel / light fuel oil Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey - 2002 VIUS Data Releases US: All (2002) 5.8 miles per gallon diesel
truck Diesel / light fuel oil McCormick et. al. 2006 - Effects of Biodiesel Blends on Vehicle Emissions U.S.: All () 5.9 miles per gallon diesel This value is the fuel economy of Freighliner Class 8 propelled by diesel (95% conf) on the freeway cycle.
truck Diesel / light fuel oil McCormick et. al. 2006 - Effects of Biodiesel Blends on Vehicle Emissions U.S.: All () 3.49 miles per gallon diesel This value is the fuel economy (mpg) of Freightline Class 8 propelled by 2007 certified diesel (95% conf) on a city- suburban heavy vehicle route.
* truck Electricity Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* truck Ethanol U.S. Department of Energy 2012- Light-Duty Vehicle Search: Flex Fuel (E85) US: all (2008-2012) 11 miles per gallon E85 This value refers to the city fuel economy of a 2012 Ford F-150 E85 pickup truck.
* truck Gas-electric hybrid National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* truck Gasoline National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 5 miles per gallon This value refers to the fuel mileage of single unit trucks.
truck Gasoline National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 6.33 miles per gallon This value refers to the fuel mileage of combination trucks.
* truck Geothermal Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* truck Hydroelectric Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* truck Hydrogen National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles / kg We converted the units to miles / kg.
* truck Jet fuel Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* truck Kerosene Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
* truck Municipal solid waste Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / short ton
* truck Muscle Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / cc
* truck Natural gas Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / tcf
* truck Natural gas compressed (CNG) Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey - 2002 VIUS Data Releases US: All (2002) 8 miles per gallon
* truck Natural gas liquefied (LNG) Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey - 2002 VIUS Data Releases US: All (2002) 5.8 miles per gallon
* truck Nuclear material Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / gram
* truck Propane / LPG National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 5 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent This value refers to the fuel mileage of single unit trucks.
truck Propane / LPG National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 5.8 miles per gallon This value refers to the fuel mileage of combination trucks.
* truck Residual fuel oil National Transit Database Program 2009 US: All (2009) 0 miles per gallon
* truck Solar Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* truck Steam Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* truck Wind Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kWh
* truck Wood and other biomass Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 miles / kg biomass

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