Shoebox-size, lead-acid batteries have powered ignition and lighting in gasoline- or diesel-powered cars for decades.
Nimble companies like Singtex and Hyperbola have powered the textile sector's resurrection.
The energy that blazed up at climactic moments could have powered the hall in a blackout.
Since Britain's industrial revolution, nations have powered ahead thanks to government action.
They concluded that Argentavis could not have powered itself in flight by flapping its wings.
They have powered Germany's industry, populated its cities and produced more than a handful of millionaires, artists and politicians.
For months, consumers have powered spending, while businesses pulled back ahead of the looming fiscal impasse in Washington.
Fossil fuels have powered human endeavour since our ancestors developed the skills to make and manage fire.
In fact, the engines that have powered the stock market's decade-long boom are still largely intact.
Oldsmobile engines have powered the last four Indy winners, and Olds engines have won 38 Indy Racing League events.
Economic growth can make a fair claim to have powered the remarkable fall in extreme poverty in recent years.
