Energy Use in the U.S. Overtime

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1673	We've Struck Coal!!	The first record of coal in the United States was shown on a map made by Louis Joliet. It showed coal along the Illinos river.
01/01/1701	Coal discovered!	Coal was discovered near Richmond, Virginia
01/01/1750	Oil	By accident as Europeans began to setttle oil was discovered in northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York while they were drilling for salt brine.
01/01/1816	Natural Gas has arrived	Natural gas was used in Baltimore to fuel street lamps. During the 19th century this form of natural gas was used as a lighting fuel in Europe and north America.Back then natural gas was extracted from coal.
01/13/1846	wood!	wood becomes the most common way to provide heat for homes,cooking, and buisnesses.
01/01/1880	Hydro power comes on the scene	Hydropower was beginning to be used for electricity. The first hydroelectric plants wereused to power arc and incadescent lighting. These plants were Direct Current Stations.
01/01/1882	Let there be Light!	Edison launches the first iteration of the modern electricity industry with the Pearl Street station, the first modern electricity generating station. The utility serves 59 customers.
01/01/1883	Solar Engine	John Ericsson (United States) invented and built a solar engine that used parabolic trough construction.
01/01/1888	Wind energy	Charles F. Brush used the first large windmill to generate electricity in Cleveland, Ohio.
01/01/1896	Ethanol used to help us move	Henry Ford built his first automobile, the quadricycle, to run on pure ethanol.
01/01/1896	Hydro-power	Development begins on the Niagara Falls hydroelectric project, a massive plant designed to transmit power to Buffalo, NY, more than 20 miles away. The era of central generation and long-distance transmission begins.
01/01/1960	Geothermal goes Commercial -Scale	The first commercial-scale development tools were placed in California at The Geysers, a 10-megawatt unit owned by Pacific Gas & Electric to produce geo-thermal energy
01/01/1974	Hot Dry Rock!	Scientists began to develop the first hot dry rock (HDR) reservoir at Fenton Hill, New Mexico. An HDR power facility was tested at the site in 1978 and started to generate electricity two years later.
06/28/1995	Geothermal Changes U.S.	Worldwide geothermal capacity reached 6,000 megawatts. Thanks to geothermal resources a food dehydration facility in Nevada processed 15 million pounds of dried onions and garlic in a year. An assesment of 10 western states reported nearly 9,000thermal wells and springs.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/01/1673 to 01/01/2006	Energy Use in the U.S. over time