Table 4
Pulp and paper industry's energy demand, 1990 to 2005

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  1990 1995 2000 2005 1990 1995 2000 2005
petajoules percent
Spent pulping liquor 279.1 325.7 342.2 307.9 35.6 37.4 35.6 34.3
Solid wood waste 99.1 134.3 189.2 227.9 12.6 15.4 19.7 25.4
Electricity demand 175.8 201.2 221.7 221.2 22.4 23.1 23.1 24.7
Natural gas 114.9 136 125.8 69.6 14.6 15.6 13.1 7.8
Heavy fuel oil 97.6 58.7 56.7 47.8 12.4 6.7 5.9 5.3
Other 18.2 15.5 25.5 22.3 2.3 1.8 2.7 2.5
Total 784.7 871.3 961.1 896.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Data sources: Statistics Canada, n.d., CANSIM tables 128-0002 and 128-0009; Statistics Canada, 2007, Report on Energy Supply-demand in Canada, catalogue number 57-003.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, EnviroStats, volume 1, number 2, "Heavy fuel oil consumption in Canada", catalogue number 16-002-XWE.