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Carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector in the United States from 2022 to 2050, by fuel (in million metric tons)

Characteristic	Petroleum*	Natural gas	Coal	Other**
2050	2,020	1,607	311	12
2049	2,008	1,595	320	12
2048	2,001	1,587	323	12
2047	1,995	1,576	331	12
2046	1,988	1,570	335	12
2045	1,982	1,571	343	12
2044	1,977	1,563	353	12
2043	1,974	1,556	364	12
2042	1,972	1,547	369	12
2041	1,970	1,537	370	12
2040	1,969	1,529	368	12
2039	1,968	1,517	377	12
2038	1,972	1,507	386	12
2037	1,977	1,495	402	11
2036	1,983	1,487	412	11
2035	1,994	1,482	416	11
2034	2,003	1,482	415	11
2033	2,013	1,486	419	11
2032	2,026	1,492	412	11
2031	2,041	1,499	416	11
2030	2,060	1,515	425	11
2029	2,080	1,529	463	11
2028	2,098	1,537	529	11
2027	2,104	1,546	621	11
2026	2,119	1,574	719	11
2025	2,133	1,580	830	11
2024	2,153	1,596	904	11
2023	2,176	1,661	868	11
2022	2,189	1,724	929	11

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March 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2022

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Supplementary notes

* Petroleum emissions include carbon dioxide from international bunker fuels.
** Other includes emissions from geothermal power and non-biogenic emissions from municipal waste.

The Annual Energy Outlook includes a series of projections referred to as cases. The data in this statistic belongs to the Reference case, which assumes no new policy or laws over the modeled time horizon.

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Carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas in the United States are projected to decrease slighlty in the coming decades, reaching an estimated 1.61 billion metric tons (GtCO₂) by 2050. This would represent a decline of some 6.8 percent in comparison to 2022 levels. Furthermore, emissions from coal use are also expected to continue dropping over the following decades as the U.S. phases out this fuel source.