Fossil Fuel TimeLine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w

By Yoyo Meng
  • 1257

    Britin Sart Burning Coal

    The Britain stop using firewood, and start burning coal

  • Samuel Newcomen Invent First Steam engine

    This first steam engine is used to get water out of the underground water in mine
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    industrial revolution

    Abundant Fossil Fuel and a way to use them led to industrial revolution

  • RailRoad

    The steam engine made railroad posible

  • Edwin Drake use rock oil well

  • The first automobile

    Drive

  • alternating current

    Electricity can be used by burning coal!!

  • Wright Brother learned make a glider out of fuel

  • Fertilizers made from fuel

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    world war I

    The first war of fossil fuel

  • Food thrive

    With the help of fertilizer and oil powered tractor food become more and more
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    great depression

    The great depression are caused by people making goods faster than people needs them
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    World War II

    Second war with more advanced product that uses fuel

  • Televison are used to advertise

  • Environmental movement

    People realize how much they depend on oil, they decide to help themselves out by trying to find new energy source

  • The fall of Soviet Union

    Soviet Union's planned economy vs. America's market economy and at last the market economy wins

  • Now

    Things are not going great with Country burning a huge amount of coal and using natural resource. Nothing is going well. Natural resource are depleted. Human's crises can't be solve so easy.