Key moments in British coal :: 1760 - 1840 Coal production dramatically the Industrial Revolution, fuelling furnaces and steam engines. :: 1815 The Davy safety lamp is invented, reducing the danger of ...

Looking back at the sweeping changes of the industrial era, can we anticipate challenges and opportunities created by this ...

The steam engine's story involves ingenuity and collaboration. Hero of Alexandria's early device showed steam's potential. Thomas Savery's engine pumped water from mines. James Watt improved ...

McCormick says Pennsylvania’s “abundant energy sector” ensures the Commonwealth will be a key player in the U.S. AI effort.

Climate change will force us to thoroughly reorganize our civilization in fundamental ways. The only avenue for creating and preserving intergenerational wealth will be to invest in a new paradigm.

Turbines at the UK's last coal-fired power station have turned for the last time - a milestone in Britain's transition to zero-carbon power and the end of Britain’s 142-year history of burning ...

Britain's transition from water power to coal-based steam power set the stage for the 19th century Industrial Revolution, which transformed much of Europe and North America into predominantly ...

Indiana ought to keep coal plants open until there are small modular nuclear reactors available to provide a consistent ...

The first three industrial revolutions were driven by coal and steam, then electricity and the automobile, then computing. Now we may be witnessing the rise of the fourth: an economy powered by ...

That said, one can analyze GoT and HotD through the lens of economic history. As I wrote earlier this week, the Industrial Revolution that led to the Great Acceleration in human welfare can be ...