Ah, you're taking a rather narrow anthropocentric view.
OK, first commercial electricity generation by us (British) humans 1881 using a water wheel.
First recorded use of petroleum by us (Babylonian) humans about 4000 years ago.
First recored drilling for petroleum by us (Chinese) humans about 1400 years ago.
So oil.
OK, first commercial electricity generation by us (British) humans 1881 using a water wheel.
First recorded use of petroleum by us (Babylonian) humans about 4000 years ago.
First recored drilling for petroleum by us (Chinese) humans about 1400 years ago.
So oil.