Energy Use in the US

By LyricThompson
  • Chinese First To Use Coal as an Energy Source
    2000 BCE

    Chinese First To Use Coal as an Energy Source

    As wood shortages began to appear, poor people began heating their homes by burning coal.
  • Chinese Use Natural Gas As Energy Source
    200 BCE

    Chinese Use Natural Gas As Energy Source

    Used it to make salt from brine in gas-fired evaporators
  • Dutch Build Windmills

    Dutch Build Windmills

    Windmills reached its greatest size and its most efficient form
  • First Steam Engine (England)

    First Steam Engine (England)

    Thomas Newcomen's steam engine provided significantly large amounts of power
  • Process of Electrolysis Discovered

    Process of Electrolysis Discovered

    This discovery led to the development of hydrogen energy and the hydrogen fuel cell.
  • Coal Becomes Primary Locomotive Fuel in US

    Coal Becomes Primary Locomotive Fuel in US

    Coal was used to fuel trains. America's coal industry began taking shape.
  • First Solar Power Developed in France

    First Solar Power Developed in France

    Used to produce steam to drive machinery.
  • First Nuclear Power Reactor to Generate Electricity Built in Idaho

    First Nuclear Power Reactor to Generate Electricity Built in Idaho

    A nuclear reactor produced useful electricity for the first time.
  • Electric Car Available to the Public

    Electric Car Available to the Public

    General Motors releases the EV1
  • IPCC Report Concludes Climate Change is Happening

    IPCC Report Concludes Climate Change is Happening

    Confirms that climate change is occurring now, mostly as a result of human activities.
    Source: http://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015