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| Romans
first used the waterwheel to generate power.
The average cost for electricity in the state of Alabama for the month of April is $0.071 per kilowatt hour. The average cost for the month of March was $0.077 per kilowatt hour. The average cost for April 2000 was $0.072 per kilowatt hour. Falling water produced electricity for the first time on September 4, 1882 in Appleton, Wisconsin. Today, hydroelectric dams produce 2,044 billion killowatt hours worldwide. Antipater, the Greek poet, mentioned the use of fallling water to create energy in 4th Century B.C. writings. Hydroelectric dams are the largest net producers of alternate energy in the world. The Itaipu Hydroelectric dam is the largest dam in the world and produces12,600 mega watts a year. Static electricity can be produced by combing hair and or dragging feet of the floor and touching a metal object like a door knob. Thomas Edison did not believe in Alternate Current. Direct
Current was used in the first electric chair.
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