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5000 BCE
Wind Power
By 200 B.C., simple windmills in China were pumping water.
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Thomas Newcomen and James Watt
These men adapted the modern day steam engine.
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Ben Franklin flies kite during thunderstorm
Franklin makes a key discovery in the world of energy, when he goes out in the thunderstorm and is struck by lightning.
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First hydroelectric plant in Appleton, Wi
Only a year later, the world's first hydroelectric plant went on-line in Appleton, Wisconsin. Fast-flowing rivers that had turned wheels to grind corn were now grinding out electricity instead. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_hydro_1.html -
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Nikola Tesla
Tesla created Alternating currents in 1888 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents -
Geothermal Energy
In 1904, Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti invented the first geothermal electric power plant in which steam was used to generate the power. -
Geothermal
Prince Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal power plant at the Larderello dry steam field in Tuscany, Italy. http://energy.gov/eere/geothermal/history-geothermal-energy-america -
Nuclear Energy
Physicist Enrico Fermi discovered the potential of nuclear fission in 1934 -
Nuclear Energy
History of Nuclear Energy Production. Physicist Enrico Fermi discovered the potential of nuclear fission in 1934 connection.ebscohost.com/science/nuclear-power/history-nuclear-energy-production -
Arab-oil Supply triples
In 1973, American support for Israel in the Arab-Israeli War led the Arab oil-producing nations to stop supplying oil to the United States and other western nations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis
