Hello.
An article entitled, "Ending The Oil Age: A Plan to Kick the Saudi
Habit" (2002) by Charles Komanoff, includes the exact data that you
seek.
Here are the United States' major uses of oil and their percentages:
"Cars (includes SUV's, minivans, pickups) 40.7 %
Trucks (weighing > 8500 lbs) 12.7 %
Raw material for plastics, chemicals, etc. 10.3 %
Air travel (passenger; freight is shown separately) 6.7 %
Process heat for factories 5.0 %
Heat + hot water for homes, offices, stores, etc. 4.9 %
Energy to run oil refineries 3.3 %
Road pavement 2.8 %
Waterborne freight (domestic + international) 2.5 %
Agriculture (drying crops, farm machinery, etc.) 2.2 %
Electricity generation 1.6 %
Construction machinery 1.6 %
Military (mostly jets) 1.5 %
Rail freight 1.2 %
Air freight 1.1 %
Recreational vehicles (boats, ATV's, etc.) 1.0 % "
Source: "Ending The Oil Age," by Charles Komanoff, compiled from
Department of Energy data, and published in hosted by rightofway.org:
http://www.rightofway.org/research/oilage.html#HOW
search strategy: "oil consumption", automobiles, airplanes,
petrochemical
I hope this helps. |