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6
Transportation and Energy
Energy plays a vital role in the transportation
sector. Energy and sustainable development are closely linked.
Transportation and the Environment
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| The energy consumed
in transportation activities accounts for 27 per cent of Canada's
greenhouse gas emissions. The relationship between transportation
energy use and the environment, including a discussion of greenhouse
gas emissions and climate change, was covered separately in the
previous chapter entitled Transportation and Environment |
Given the current technology available to move transportation
equipment, energy plays a vital role in transportation activities.
- It is an essential input to transportation activity. The
growth in transportation needs could not have been satisfied
without access to sufficient energy supply to look after the
said needs.
- It represents, on average, 12 per cent of the cost
of transportation. It is preceded in terms of importance by the
costs of labour, materials, goods and services, and capital,
which respectively account for 35 per cent, 26 per
cent and 17 per cent of the total.
- In 1996, the transportation sector accounted for 2029 petajoules,
or 26.6 per cent, of secondary energy demand in CanadaNote 1; and for close
to 60 per cent of all petroleum use in Canada.
- Between 1990 and 1996, transportation energy use and transportation
activity grew for both passenger and freight transport activities.
But transportation activity grew at a more rapid pace than that
of the sector's energy use, an indication that energy savings
were taking place in transportation activities. But savings were
not sufficient to offset the growth in transportation demand.
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NOTES
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Natural Resources Canada, Office of Energy Efficiency. Energy
Efficiency Trends in Canada, 1990-1996 (June, 1998)
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