Energy Timeline

  • First Oil Strike

    First Oil Strike
    Dewin laurentine Drake, Colonel Drake, was the first American Oil Driller in the United States.
  • Fuel Cell

    Fuel Cell
    William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell which produced electrical by combineing hydrogen and oxygen.
  • electric light bulb

    electric light bulb
    Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. He wasn't the first first to invent the lightbulb but the first to get the patent.
  • Air Conditioner

    Air Conditioner
    WillisHaviland Carrier invented the first air conditioner. It was created to ensure a consistant tempurature in a printing press.
  • Traffic Light

    Traffic Light
    Police Office William L. Plotts of Detroit, michigan, decided to do something about th problemcaused by the increasing car crashes. origionally Red, Amber, and Green.
  • Ben Franklin

    Ben Franklin
    Ben Franklin conducted the Lightning, Kite, and Key experiment proved Franklins theory of electricity.
  • Windmills

    Windmills
    Wind turbines were placed in a safe enviormentally friendly way, even to sealife, on the Outer Continental Shelf.
  • BP Oil Spill

    BP Oil Spill
    The BP Oil company had a series of breaks in the oil pipeline. it lead to distruction of sea habitats and sealife. Up to 30 million barrels were spilt.
  • Japanese Earthquake

    Japanese Earthquake
    A 9.0 hit Japan. Six different nuclear powereplants were damaged. This lead to a nuclear Crisis.
  • First Solar Energy Collector

    First Solar Energy Collector
    Horace de saussure was credite with building the worl's first coar collector.