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1257
Britin Sart Burning Coal
The Britain stop using firewood, and start burning coal -
Samuel Newcomen Invent First Steam engine
This first steam engine is used to get water out of the underground water in mine -
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industrial revolution
Abundant Fossil Fuel and a way to use them led to industrial revolution -
RailRoad
The steam engine made railroad posible -
Edwin Drake use rock oil well
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The first automobile
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alternating current
Electricity can be used by burning coal!! -
Wright Brother learned make a glider out of fuel
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Fertilizers made from fuel
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world war I
The first war of fossil fuel -
Food thrive
With the help of fertilizer and oil powered tractor food become more and more -
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great depression
The great depression are caused by people making goods faster than people needs them -
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World War II
Second war with more advanced product that uses fuel -
Televison are used to advertise
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Environmental movement
People realize how much they depend on oil, they decide to help themselves out by trying to find new energy source -
The fall of Soviet Union
Soviet Union's planned economy vs. America's market economy and at last the market economy wins -
Now
Things are not going great with Country burning a huge amount of coal and using natural resource. Nothing is going well. Natural resource are depleted. Human's crises can't be solve so easy.