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From the time explorers landed on America, firewood was used as an energy source for cooking, heat and house keeping. http://allentownfirewood.com/
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Murdoch worked with the Soho Foundry steam engine works and worked with different types of gases as energy. In 1792, he finally made a breakthrough and lit his own house; from here, he began lighting other places such as office buildings and theaters and researching more about the use of gas for light. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_lighting#The_first_gas_lighting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_lighting#The_first_gas_lighting
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William Hart dug a well in Fredonia, New York, to illuminate a nearby inn as well as the street lamps along the town's streets, making Fredonia a tourist attraction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_petroleum_industry_in_the_United_States#Drake_well.2C_Titusville.2C_Pennsylvania http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txgregg/art/LongviewPics/Longview2/FredoniaSt.jpg http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txgregg/art/LongviewPics/Longview2/FredoniaSt.jpg
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Coal began being used as the train was invented around 1855, taking over the old use of firewood as the primary source of energy. Coal PictureWikipedia
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George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake drilled the first succesful commercial oil well on Oil Creek. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_petroleum_industry_in_the_United_States#Drake_well.2C_Titusville.2C_Pennsylvania http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AdvertisementEmpireRefiningCoNYC1879.jpg
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Thomas Edison invented the first incandescent light bulb, and eventually gained a patent for an electric lamp using a "carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". http://hartpark.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/water-wheel.jpg
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The first DC Powerhouse in Grand Rapids, Michigan, used a water wheel to illuminate sixteen nearby street lights without the need for gas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectric_power_in_the_United_States#History http://hartpark.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/water-wheel.jpg
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California funded rebates to use wind power for electricity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wind_power#19th_century
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In 2008, researchers at the Massaschetsus Institute of Technology used solar energy to produce hydrogen fuel from water. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_energy#History
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Biofuels and other alternative, clean sources of energy are looked into to have a greener future. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=2&gs_ri=hp&tok=Ji6TMkW8agBNuD4_0A5DNg&cp=13&gs_id=1g&xhr=t&q=alternative+energy&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41867550,d.eWU&biw=1366&bih=643&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=-F4MUfXMLIug8QSU74CICQ#imgrc=2NNBXsIoEWFLxM%3A%3BC8CURP4h6LWIEM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fgreenplanetethics.com%252Fwordpress%252Fwp-content%252Fuploa
