TSGB 2011: Energy and environment

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Summary

This chapter of Transport Statistics Great Britain presents statistics on transport energy consumption and the environmental impact of transport, including greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutant emissions.

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Key points

Overall domestic transport greenhouse gas emissions were unchanged between 1990 and 2009. There was an 8 per cent increase between 1990 and 2007, followed by an 8 per cent decrease between 2007 and 2009.
Greenhouse gas emissions from UK international shipping/aviation, based on fuel consumed from UK supplies, increased by 75 per cent between 1990 and 2009.
Domestic transport and international transport make up 20 per cent and 7 per cent of total UK greenhouse gas emissions, respectively.
As a proportion of total UK greenhouse gas emissions, emissions from transport have increased from 18 per cent in 1990 to 27 per cent in 2009.
Renewable energy in the form of biofuels blended into petrol and road diesel, made up 3.0 per cent of road transport energy consumption in 2010, up from 0.2 per cent in 2005.

Table number	Table name	Alternative number
TSGB0301	Petroleum consumption by transport mode and fuel type: United Kingdom	ENV0101
TSGB0302	Energy consumption by transport mode and energy source: United Kingdom	ENV0102
TSGB0304	Average new car fuel consumption: Great Britain	ENV0103
TSGB0305	Average heavy goods vehicle fuel consumption: Great Britain	ENV0104
TSGB0306	Petrol and diesel prices and duties in April, United Kingdom	ENV0105
TSGB0307	Greenhouse gas emissions by transport mode: United Kingdom	ENV0201
TSGB0308	Carbon dioxide emissions by transport mode: United Kingdom	ENV0202
TSGB0309	Air pollutant emissions by transport mode: United Kingdom	ENV0301
TSGB0310	Average emissions from road vehicles in urban conditions	ENV0302
TSGB0311	Aircraft noise: population affected by noise around major airports	ENV0303

Technical information

Full guidance on the methods used to compile these statistics and their sources can be found in the Transport Statistics Great Britain 2011 Notes and Definitions: