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1900 - First Diesel Engine to Run on Vegetable Oil Demonstrated at World's Fair in Paris

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1927 - First Commercial Wind Turbines Sold to Generate Electricity on Remote Farms

1950 - Petroleum Becomes Most Used Fuel in the US

Dec. 2, 1957 - First Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Begins Operation in Shippingport, Pennsylvania

1975 - Federal Involvement in Wind Energy Development Advances Wind Energy Technology

1997 - EV1 Electric Car Is Made Available to the Public For Lease; Lease Program and EV1 Later Dismantled by GM

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