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The Bunsen Burner, which utilizes natural gas, allowed for easier cooking and more effective scientific experiments.
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The Drake Well in Pennslyvania is one of the first to be successfully drilled.
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Edison invented the first cmmercially feasible incandescent lightbulb.
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Ford runs his first automobile, the quadricycle, on pure ethanol.
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Coal becames the major fuel electrical utilities use to create electricity,
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The Energy Tax Act established a 10-percent investment tax credit for photovoltaic applications.
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Most serious accident involving nuclear reactors that led to sweeping emergency response legislation for nuclear power plnats.
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During its time, this oil spill was one of the biggest environmental disasters in U.S. history.
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These amendments required manufacturers make vehicles that would pollute less.
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Largest Oil Spill in American history occurs in the Gulf of Mexico
