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2000 BCE
Coal has a purpose
Chinese were the first to use coal as an energy source instead of burning wood https://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015 -
200 BCE
Water not just for drinking
Europeans harness water energy to power mills
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1500
The Dutch and their fancy windmills
Windmills were created by the Dutch to maintain balance between land and Sea https://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015 -
Evaporated Water + metal = the steam engine
The steam engine used heated water to do many activities without electricity
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A shocking play date
Ben Franklin discovered electricity when he was playing with his son because he attached a metal key to a kite and got shocked https://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015 -
Contained natural gas
Natural gas wells were drilled to harness natural gas to use in many objects that required electricity
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This is lit
Kerosene was extracted from petroleum which was then burned in lamps instead of using expensive whale oil https://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015 -
The sun not just for tan lines
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Oil it down, grease monkey
John D. Rockefeller standardized oil and developed petroleum as a major energy source for the US https://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015 -
A powerful explosion
In Chernobyl, Ukraine an explosion occurred at a nuclear power plant thus releasing radioactive materials into the air
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