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commercial coal mining starts
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John Fitch invents the steamboat
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First natural gas well drilled in Fredonia, New York
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First oil production well drilled in Pennsylvania
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First natural gas pipeline built. 120 miles long, from Indiana to Chicago
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The Voyager 2 spacecraft's electricity is generated by the decay of plutonium pellets
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Chicago adds hydrogen cell buses to mass transit
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Coal is the dominant source of electricity in the United States
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President Bush approves an energy policy that looks at nuclear energy as a significant part of America's energy
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hydro powered energy
