Tun daga 1776, Amurka tayi amfani da tushen makamashi daban-daban kamar sauran ƙasashe a wannan duniyar tamu, amma saboda girman girmanta, zata iya zama misali, na yadda muke ta canzawa daga abin da ya kasance itace har zuwa amfani da kwal, mai ko gas a matsayin mafi yawan burbushin halittun da aka fi amfani da su a cikin “gajeren” tarihinta a matsayin ƙasa.
A cikin ginshiƙi daga hukumar makamashin Amurka kanta, zamu iya yin bita da sauri zuwa ga menene amfani da hanyoyin samar da makamashi daban daban tun a shekarar 1776 an shelanta shi azaman ƙasa.
Uku sun kasance abubuwan burbushin halittu da suka cimma 80% amfani da makamashi a cikin sama da shekaru 100: mai, iskar gas da gawayi. Da wannan aka faɗi haka, kuma kodayake muna lura da yadda abubuwan sabuntawa ke ɗaukar sararin samaniyarsu, waɗannan maɓuɓɓugan burbushin guda uku kamar suna nan zuwa wani lokaci.
A cikin shekarun farko na tarihin Amurka, iyalai sun yi amfani da su itace a matsayin babban tushen makamashi. Coal ta zama ta mamaye a ƙarshen karni na XNUMX, kafin samfuran man fetur su mamaye ta a tsakiyar karni na XNUMX, daidai lokacin da iskar gas ta fara ƙaruwa ta amfani.
Tun daga tsakiyar karni na XNUMX, amfani da kwal ya fara girma, akasari a matsayin tushen tushen makamashi na farko don samar da wutar lantarki, kuma menene zai zama sabon nau'i na makamashi kamar nukiliya. Bayan hutu a cikin 70s, amfani da mai da iskar gas sun bayyana sun tsaya, duk da cewa iskar gas ta tafi yadda take.
da kuzari masu sabuntawa sun fashe a cikin 80s tare da wutar lantarki a matsayin babban ɗan wasan kwaikwayo a cikin wannan yanayin makamashi mai tsabta, tare da haɓaka mai mahimmanci a tsakiyar shekarun farko na karni na 2014. A shekara ta 10, amfani da abubuwan sabuntawa ya haifar da kaso mafi tsoka a tarihin ƙasar da kashi XNUMX%.
Wannan yana buɗewa hanyar sabunta abubuwa azaman haɗakar makamashi da ake tsammani ci gaba da kara wannan kaso godiya ga hasken rana ko iska a hade tare da biomass da geothermal, kuma wannan yana da mahimmanci don rage aika CO2 cikin yanayi.