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Wood
It was a renewable source, still is. It was also abundant and reliable. Wood was used for space heating and power generation and it grew steadily until the late 1800's when coal kicked in. -
Use of Coal Increased
Industrialization!
Coal mines began to be extrapolated at the beginning of the century because coal provided more heat than wood and it was more portable. By the end of the century the use of coal exceeded the use of wood for energy production. -
The Beginning of Hydropower
Citizens of the newly established United States were importing English style textile factories and with them they also brought their use of water to produce energy to Lowell, Massachusetts and other New England locations. Its use continued to increase until the industrial revolution. -
Thomas Edison and his Lamp!
his incandescent lamp made possible widespread, reliable, commercial indoor lighting, and his Pearl Street central station generating system in Manhattan became the archetype for electric power generation and distribution. The age of electricity had began. -
The Beginning of the NEED
Oil and gas were cleaner fuels that were much easier to handle in many applications. The use of oil increased during the early 1900s and continued to increase regardless of the Great Depression. By the mid-1900s they became widely used in space heating, electric power generation and as transportation fuels. -
Nuclear Energy
The commercial production of nuclear power began in the 1950s and began to increase rapidly in the early 1970s when a number of nuclear power plants began to appear. Yet, there were some after effects. -
oil crisis
This day was the day oil came a populary topic. -
Three Mile Island
This was a meltdown on one of the water reactors of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania near Harrisburg. It was a wakeup call for the United States about how dangerous nuclear energy can be if there the necessary precautions are made. -
Renewable Energy!
Since 1995, the amount of energy produced by renewable sources has increased by 15.9%. Renewable energy currently accounts for about 8.20% of the United States energy consumption. Most of that comes from biomass and hydroelectric sources. -
oil prices up
During the 2009 oil prices went up and has not gonna down still we are paying to much to fill up our tanks.
