Driving around?  ‘Could be a major challenge to reducing our carbon footprint

The 2020 pandemic year predictably had lower emissions — and now transportation emissions nationwide are back up around 14 percent!  2023 jet fuel consumption increased by 1.6% over 2022. Road traffic volumes in 2023 were up 2.2% over 2022 levels which contributed to a gasoline consumption increase, increases in electric vehicles notwithstanding.

There was a decrease in emissions in the power sector [8%] and a 40% decrease for residential and commercial buildings.  However emissions attributed to transportation increased in 2023. The power sector once accounted for the largest amount of carbon emissions due mostly to coal-fired generating stations, it now ranks lower than the industrial and transportation sectors!

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