DOE: on-road transportation consumes more than 80% of all transportation energy in US

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By mmillikinNov 29, 2016, 6:51 am78 pts
Together, light vehicles and medium/heavy trucks and buses consume 82.1% of the energy used in the transportation sector, according to figures provided by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Those on-road vehicles use mainly gasoline and diesel fuel. Of the other modes, air transportation’s use of jet fuel and…

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