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Texas: Major Energy Market
Texas is a Major Energy, Transportation, Fuel and Vehicle Market
- 17,500,000 cars and trucks (2005 vehicle registration)
- 180,000 truck tractors (2005 vehicle registration)
- 90,000 buses (2005 vehicle registration)
- 235,000,000,000 vehicle miles traveled per year
- More than 15,000 units annually in forklift/lift-truck market (estimated from U.S. sales)
- Leader in alternative vehicle market
- Use of one-tenth of all U.S. transportation energy (and primary producer)
- Number one in electricity generation and capacity (more than California)
- Largest renewable energy portfolio (more than California)
- Five large air quality nonattainment regions (with populations totaling 15 million)
- Largest U.S. CO2 emitter
- Largest U.S. H2 producer and user
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