EU Energy Policy Blog

In 2000, Neil Armstrong, on behalf of the National Academies of Engineering, announced the 20 engineering achievements of the 20th century that have had the greatest impact on quality of life. At the top of the list: the electrification of the United States, which, he noted, “changed the country’s economic development and gave rural populations the same opportunities and amenities as people in the cities.” “If anything shines as an example of how engineering has changed the world during the 20th century,” he observed, “it is clearly the power that we use in our homes and businesses.”
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