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Petroleum becomes most used fuel due to demand in automobiles.
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A nuclear reactor produced useful electricity for the first time in Idaho.
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The first geothermal power plants in the U.S. were built in 1962 at The Geysers dry steam field, in northern California.
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The U.S. was continueing to support Israel, so the Arab oil producers stopped exporting oil to any country helping the Israeli's. This was detrimental to the U.S. who had become accustomed to constant a contant flow meeting the oil demand.
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Over 11 million gallons of oil were spilt into the Alaskan environment. Exonn was fined $150 million dollars and over 100,000 creatures were killed.
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General Motors releases the EV1for lease but is later dismantled.
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Hydrogen production was important to support the President in his creation of a hydrogen economy for transportation.
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The Senate allowed for a budget in a bill for drilling in a Wildlife Refuge but the House dropped it.
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes billions of dollars towars renewable and efficient energy sources.
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The Clean Air Act for Carbon pollution set a standard for all platnts burning fossil fuels.
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