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20% energy savings is nothing to sneeze at. But is it accurate? As it turns out, different government agencies have different figures. The <a href="http://www.bts.gov/publications/transportation_statistics_annual_report/2006/html/chapter_02/table_k_06.html">Bureau of Transportation Statistics</a> (BTS) has a table showing Amtrak's energy consumption per passenger mile that is 46% lower than airlines in 2001, the latest year available from them. <a href="http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/resources/more/oak_ridge_fuel/">NARP qoutes</a> the <a href="http://cta.ornl.gov/data/chapter9.shtml">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</a> and when I do the math Amtrak only comes up 17% better than airlines (not 20% as NARP figures). Oak Ridge figures go up to 2005. For 2001,  Oak Ridge shows Amtrak with an energy consumption of 3,257 BTUs per passenger mile, while BTS shows Amtrak with 2,100 BTUs per passenger mile that same year. Take your pick.
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