Transportation, in the residential sense, means using personal vehicles for household purposes – driving to work, picking up groceries, chauffeuring children to dance lessons or hockey practice – all of which require some sort of fuel – gasoline, propane, biodiesel.

Transportation accounts for about 42 percent of the energy used in the residential sector. Of this, gasoline provides almost 98 per cent of the energy used. The other two per cent of energy used accounts for new technologies and hybrid vehicles which include the use of electricity, bioenergy and fuel cells.

Tips for saving energy and money

Most people do not think twice about hopping into the car to run a quick errand or to go see a friend. With record high gasoline and diesel prices in 2005, however, many people began to think harder about transportation choices. More driving tips >