Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6 of this story. An open fire, candlelight, whale oil lamps, coal and petroleum derived kerosene, and coal or petroleum derived gas. All of these fuels ...

Petroleum refining in Greenpoint of Brooklyn goes back to the 19th century, when five oil companies that would later be rolled up into Standard Oil operated in the area. In 1966, Mobil, which by then ...

Cool graph out today from the Energy Information Administration. Two thoughts on this data: 1) Zero to hero. The graph illustrates just how quickly nuclear power scaled up after it become available ...