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wind Turbine
wind turbines use wind to create kinetic energy which is then created into electricity, it was invented in modern Persia.
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Electric Generator
this invention allowed fro Americans to have electricity in their homes, also led to steam turbines and water turbines
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Industrial Revolution
In the late 17th century, population started to increase massively as America was quickly expanding. This meant that to satisfy the needs of everyone that more energy had to be used and from different sources. Coal began to grow as a major source of industrial energy to burn and make vehicles perform
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Telephone
Uses electricity to transmit sound, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, led to modern telephone as we know it today.
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Petroleum
arguably one of the most used fossil fuels, petroleum is used to fuel most of our modes of transportation
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HydroElectricity
arguably one of the most environmentally unfriendly clean energy sources, hydroelectric dams are constructed in many lakes and river around the world.
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Car
when the model T came out to the masses it sparked a huge need for petroleum, but we know now that are cars don't only need petroleum, but they also need electricity now.
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First Nuclear bomb dropped
showed just how powerful the U.S. knowledge of energy was, ultimately led to over 129,000 people dying and the environment is still contaminated and radioactive in some areas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car -
Solar Panels
One of the most affordable methods of clean energy, many people put them on their roof. Widely available to the masses.
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Shippingport atomic
The first ever atomic electric power plant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shippingport_Atomic_Power_Station
