The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.

This quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2020) is reported.


Value:		≈ 6.0 × 10¹⁹ J / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... ≈ 1.9 × 10¹² W ≈ 1.9 TW
HuID:		88482
Relevant Year(s):		2020
Summary:		Global energy consumption from all passenger transport, including transport by air, rail, bus and light-duty vehicles (i.e., cars). Passenger transport represents about 10% of global energy consumption for all purposes. Data are from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The value reported for 2020 is lower than for any other year since 2010, due to a global reduction in passenger travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Method:		Data are provided as part of the Annual International Energy Outlook of the U.S. Energy Information Administration. No measure of uncertainty is reported, so the values presented should be considered to be rough estimates of the real magnitude.
Source:		U.S. Energy Information Administration EIA International Energy Outlook. (2021)
Dataset:		Global passenger transportation energy use (Passenger_transportation_energy_use.csv) global resolution
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Original Data License:		CC0
Added By:		ilopezgo