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Wood was one of the only sources of energy they had back then. They didn't know about coal and they didn't have the technology to figure it out.
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In China coal was being burned to cook and keep homes warm. They used coal because of wood shortages
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China developed natural gas. They used it to make salt from brine in gas-fired evaporators.
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The Europeans found a way to harness energy from water. They did this by using waterwheels, later on they found a way to crush grain using these waterwheels as well.
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People in China found oil seepages in the northwest parts of China. They already used petroleum for lamps and medical uses so then they found a way to make energy with it.
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People found that if you burn wood it makes something similar to coal, charcoal. They then began to make charcoal as well as using coal still.
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People found that when you burn wood (make charcoal) it left an extremely hot-burning fuel called coke. They found that the coke could be adapted into coal.
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In England the steam engine was created. It was originally used to pump water out of coal mines but they eventually found a way for it to power electrical things.
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English scientists found that if you add an electric current to water produced hydrogen and oxygen gases. This was an important factor for hydrogen energy.
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Before petroleum was discovered in Pennsylvania, they used something called camphene, which also meant burning fluid. They used it originally in lamps and eventually used it how we used coal.
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People were worried that their important fossil fuels (coal mainly) would run out. Augustine Mouchot, thought that the suns heat could replace the burning of coal.
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Petroleum was used a lot in the past, but not as a energy source. John D. Rockefeller developed petroleum into a major energy source.
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People in South Dakota started to mix an ethyl alcohol blend with gasoline. They used this mainly to fuel their vehicles but still used it for electricity.
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Otto Hahn was a man in Germany that used nuclear fission to create electricity.
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In 1951 16 scientists and staff members created, designed, and tested a nuclear reactor. It could barely power 4 100 watt light bulbs but they knew it was the start of something.
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The nations most important air pollution law. It established National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 6 criteria pollutants that were known to cause health issues
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Required industries to limit, reduce, or eliminate point source pollution into surface waters
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Helped protect drinking resources and set contaminant levels for water
