Analysis of Alaska transportation sectors to assess energy use and impacts of price shocks and climate change legislation.
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2013-04-01
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NTL Classification:NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION;NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Economic Impacts;NTL-FREIGHT-Trucking Industry;NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION;NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-RAIL TRANSPORTATION;
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Abstract:We analyzed the use of energy by Alaska’s transportation sectors to assess the impact of sudden fuel prices changes.
We conducted three types of analysis: 1) Development of broad energy use statistics for each transportation sector,
including total annual energy and fuel use, carbon emissions, fuel use per ton-mile and passenger-mile, and cost of
fuel per ton-mile and passenger-mile. 2) Economic input-output analysis of air, rail, truck, and water transportation
sectors. 3) Adjustment of input-output modeling to reflect sudden fuel price changes to estimate the potential impact
on industry output and employment. Alaska air transportation used approximately 1.9 billion gallons of fuel annually;
961 million gallons were used for intra-state and exiting Alaska flights. Water transportation used 101.8 million
gallons annually, approximately 84.3 million gallons for intra-state and exiting segments. Railroad and truck
transportation used 5.1 and 8.8 million gallons annually, respectively. Simulated fuel price increases resulted in an
estimated $456.8 million in value-added losses to the Alaska economy through the increase in cost of transportation
services, or equivalent loss in income, to Alaska household of $26.8 million. A carbon emissions tax would have the
greatest impact on the cost of air transportation services followed by water, trucking and rail.
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