US per capita transportation sector energy consumption has been relatively flat since 1974

Green Car Congress
By mmillikinOct 27, 2020, 3:16 am185 pts
On a per capita basis, the transportation sector energy consumption in 2019 was 86 million Btu—a 54% increase from 1950 and about the same level as in 1974. The industrial sector, which had the highest energy consumption, decreased 7% from 1950 to 2019 and decreased 36% from its highest point in 1973. The…

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