In less than a century, environmental and social pollution have caused the public to reiterate their understanding about the effects of new energy sources. Martin V. Melosi portrays a rapid ideological change about how the United States’s energy choices influence the federal government to assert actions, in his article “Energy and Environment in the United States: The Era of Fossil Fuel”. Melosi argues that one of the most common beliefs in the late 19th century was that smoke signified luxury. It’s not unusual to belief that the nation yielding the highest amount of resources, or is able to acquire them, is better. However, as consumption drastically inclined over the past few decades, scarcity became the focal point. Thus, in the late 19th
