The Environmental Protection Agency's NONROAD2008a model estimates fuel use for off-highway equipment. Construction and mining equipment using diesel fuel account for the majority of this fuel use. Nearly all of the alternative fuel used in off-highway equipment is consumed by forklifts.
Off-highway Transportation-related Fuel Consumption, 2008
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| Gasoline | Diesel | LPG | CNG | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Equipment Tractors, mowers, combines, balers, and other farm equipment which has utility in its movement | 66.3 | 3,833.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3,900.2 |
| Airport Ground Equipment | 2.1 | 94.8 | 2.5 | - | 6,235.0 |
| Construction and Mining Equipment Pavers, rollers, drill rigs, graders, backhoes, excavators, cranes, mining equipment | 91.9 | 6,123.0 | 20.1 | - | 6,235.0 |
| Industrial Equipment Forklifts, terminal tractors, sweeper/scrubbers | 113.9 | 869.2 | 2,154.2 | 146.9 | 3,284.2 |
| Logging Equipment Feller/buncher/skidder | 12.9 | 170.6 | - | - | 183.5 |
| Railroad Maintenance Equipment | 1.3 | 23.2 | 0.1 | - | 24.6 |
| Recreational Equipment Off-road motorcycles, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, golf carts, specialty vehicles | 1,289.6 | 13.2 | 1.3 | - | 1,304.1 |
| Total | 1,578.0 | 11,127.8 | 2,178.3 | 147.0 | 15,031.0 |
*There is no equipment listed for this fuel type. |