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Cavemen harness fire thousands of years ago to cook and fend off predators along with providing heat. I couldnt get it to take B.C. but this was a very long time ago, 3000 B.C. or longer.
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First recorded of mapping coal in the US
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Ben proved that static electricity and lighting were the same thing.
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Coal is used in the 1800s to power trains across the US
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Thomas Edison created the light bulb
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Albert Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theories that explained the photoelectric effect.
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The hoover dam is opeaned and produces130,000 kilowatts of electricity
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With the growing use of automobiles, oil became our most used energy source. This starts in the early 1900s but is still very present.
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Wind generated electricity reached the 2,000 megawatt mark.
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As of March 2008, U.S. ethanol production capacity was at 7.2 billion gallons, with an additional 6.2 billion gallons of capacity under construction.
