First Oil Price Crisis The first major oil price crisis shocks Western industrial nations and initiates a long history of price fluctuations of this finite resource. Tags: consumption energy energy regimes industry oil Themes: Disasters Resources Related Links: The Bancroft Library on the 1973–74 Oil Crisis Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas
Invention of the Light Bulb Thomas Edison produces his first long-lasting light bulb. Tags: electricity energy energy regimes Themes: Environmental Knowledge Regions: Menlo Park Related Links: The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park