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500
Start burning coal
People in Britain run out of fire wood, start burning coal -
1000
miner dig deep, goes to the water
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1000
Use up coal on the ground
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Coal burning steam engine was invented
Samuel Newcomen invents the stem engine to pump out water so miners can keep digging. -
Industrial revolution begin
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James Watt improved steam engine
So it is practical for other use -
Rails was invented.
Rails make mining easier -
Nicola tesla invented alternating current
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company start mining coal to generate electricity
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Invented railroad
Combine rail and steam engine -
First electric Motor
Invented by Michael Faraday -
Assembly line invented
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Alternating Current was invented
By Nicola tesla -
Company start burning coal
For generating electricity -
Drill the first rock oil
By Edwin Drake in Pennsylvania -
Builds an automobile running on petroleum
Invented by Gottlieb Daimler -
Advertising executives invent consumerism
soak up overproduction -
Wright brothers start oil fueled aviation.
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Using Fossil fuels to make fertilizer
Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch -
fertilizer invented
1901 -
World War 1
Fossil fuels conflict -
World War 2
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invented consumerism to soak up overproduction
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Guided Missiles and atom bomb
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tv invented, solve overproduction
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start thinking about enviornment
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Television invented
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An oil shock. Environmental movement is born
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Oil price down
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Personal Computer invented
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Cold War.
Politicians decide the market will solve everything -
more product in China
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cell phone, oil production stalls out