Be a Wildcatter By Aqualiner87 200 BCE Europeans Harness Water Energy 100 Chinese First to Refine Petroleum 1590 Dutch Build Windmills for Multiple Uses 1830 Coal Becomes Primary Locomotive 1901 Birth of the Modern Oil Industry 1950 Petroleum Becomes Most Used Fuel 1977 Formation of the Solar Energy Research Institute Dec 13, 2023 Countries agree to transition from fossil fuels