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Energy in the US
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Coal Production Begins
Commercial production of Coal begins in Richmond, Virginia. -
Electricity
Benjamin Franklin ran an experiment where he attached a metal key to his kite in the middle of a storm. -
American Electric Motor
Thomas Davenport invented the first electric motor in 1837. -
Oil Drilling
Edwin Drake drills for oil in the United States and is successful. -
Lightbult
Thomas Edison creates the lightbult using a carbonized filament and low current electricity. -
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam was created in 1931 and opened 5 years later. It served both to regulate flooding on the river and produce hydroelectric power. -
The First Computer
UNIVAC was designed by Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and was completed by Remington Rand in 1951. -
Nuclear Power
First commercial Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania -
First Wind Farm
In 1980 the world's first wind farm, consisting of twenty 30 kW wind turbines was installed at Crotched Mountain, in New Hampshire -
Kyoto Protocol
New amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, which asks nations to be conscious of climate change and to move towards cleaner sources of energy
